Wencel Surname
Approximately 3,734 people bear this surname
Wencel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 3,032 | 1:12,536 | 1,809 |
| United States | 431 | 1:840,972 | 64,213 |
| Canada | 69 | 1:533,994 | 44,923 |
| Brazil | 47 | 1:4,554,773 | 120,089 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| Czechia | 33 | 1:322,226 | 40,051 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Slovakia | 11 | 1:485,132 | 57,527 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1:2,454,069 | 61,891 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 1:1,321,544 | 72,820 |
Wencel (288) may also be a first name.
Wencel Demographics
Average Wencel Salary in
United States
$44,739 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wencel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wencel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wencel is more commonly found in Poland than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wencel? popularity and diffusion
Wencel is the 122,453rd most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,951,673 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Wencel reside; 82 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 82 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 520,883rd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 288 people.
Wencel is most frequent in Poland, where it is borne by 3,032 people, or 1 in 12,536. Outside of Poland Wencel exists in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Wencel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wencel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,134 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wencel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wencel last name are 0.17% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.4% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wencel earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.68% more than the national average, earning $44,739 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.22% less than the national average, earning $41,127 CAD per year.
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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 Wencel
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