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
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Wencel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wencel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wencel occurs more in Poland more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wencel.
How Common Is The Last Name Wencel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wencel is the 122,453rd most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,951,673 people. Wencel is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Wencel live; 82 percent live in Eastern Europe and 82 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 520,883rd most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 288 people.
The last name is most widespread in Poland, where it is borne by 3,032 people, or 1 in 12,536. Apart from Poland this surname is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.
Wencel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wencel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wencel last name grew 1,134 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wencel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wencel are 0.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.4% registered with the political 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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