Wemel Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Wemel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wemel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium651:176,87123,883
France211:3,162,987209,042
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Wemel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wemel Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wemel has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wemel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wemel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,918,812th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Wemel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Wemel reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 65 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 176,871. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 91 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Belgium this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 22 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wemmel91155/
Weimel911/
Wiemel911/
Weymel910/
Woemmel83108/
Weimelt8329/
Wemmell8323/
Weismel8316/
Hweimel8312/
Hweamel8310/
Wethmel831/
Wamel80153/
Bemel80103/
Wimel8044/
Wemil808/
Vemel802/
Weeml801/
Wemlh801/
Womel800/
Weismehl7743/
H'Weimel771/
Woemmell771/
Waymel73902/
Beimel73655/
Wimmel73448/
Bemmel73163/
Behmel73102/
Wammel7343/
Voemel7328/
Beymel7323/
Bemell735/
Wimell733/
Wimelt731/
Huemel731/
Womuel731/
Wemihl731/
Hwimel731/
Wimiel731/
Vemmel731/
Womell731/
Beamel731/
Wommel730/
Whamel730/
Waml67123/
Waismel6727/
Wimmell6714/
Hweimil672/
Wommell672/
Ueml671/
Beml671/
Waimele671/
Veimael671/
Bemehel671/
Woemleh671/
Wammell671/
Weymill671/
Woimell670/
Wemmill670/
Beimehl670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wemel
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