Wemmel Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wemmel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wemmel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1171:688,08152,903
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Belgium121:958,05473,966
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Wemmel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wemmel is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wemmel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wemmel is the 1,403,590th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Wemmel live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 688,081. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 51 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 12 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 16 percent are found and Belgium, where 8 percent are found.

Wemmel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wemmel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wemmel surname fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woemmel92108/
Wemmell9223/
Wemel9194/
Woemmell861/
Wimmel83448/
Bemmel83163/
Wammel8343/
Vemmel831/
Weimel831/
Wiemel831/
Wommel830/
Weymel830/
Weimelt7729/
Weismel7716/
Wimmell7714/
Hweimel7712/
Hweamel7710/
Wommell772/
Wammell771/
Wethmel771/
Wemmill770/
Wamel73153/
Bemel73103/
Wimel7344/
Wemil738/
Vemel732/
Weeml731/
Wemlh731/
Womel730/
Weismehl7143/
H'Weimel711/
Huemmell711/
Waymel67902/
Beimel67655/
Bimmel67333/
Behmel67102/
Voemel6728/
Beymel6723/
Bemell675/
Wimell673/
Womell671/
Wimelt671/
Beamel671/
Wimiel671/
Hwimel671/
Wemihl671/
Womuel671/
Huemel671/
Whamel670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Wemmel
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