Wenel Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wenel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wenel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wenel (83) may also be a first name.

Wenel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wenel is most common in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wenel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Wenel live; 36 percent live in North America and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wenel is also the 1,052,971st most widespread first name globally It is held by 83 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Wenel is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 75 percent reside and Florida, where 25 percent reside. Apart from The United States Wenel exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside.

Wenel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wenel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wenel surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weinel911,359/
Wenell91365/
Wennel9121/
Wehnel9111/
Wienel915/
Weniel911/
Weneel911/
Weinelt83648/
Weinell83178/
Wennell83105/
Weinehl8351/
Weynell8351/
Weinhel832/
Wenniel831/
Wienell830/
Weinele830/
Wethnel830/
Whenell830/
Venel801,289/
Benel801,035/
Weinl80140/
Winel8088/
Wehnl8044/
Wanel8032/
Wonel800/
Whennell7716/
Wethnell770/
Whetnell770/
Veniel73400/
Beynel73316/
Benell73312/
Winell73298/
Winnel73120/
Venell73115/
Waniel7381/
Winiel7358/
Vențel7344/
Vienel7343/
Wainel7342/
Behnel7338/
Wynell7336/
Wenäll7327/
Wannel7324/
Wanehl7320/
Veneel7312/
Wahnel7310/
Wanell739/
Wonell736/
Vesnel734/
Wynnel733/
Beanel733/
Vegnel732/
Huenel732/
Vhenel732/
Wonnel732/
Veanel731/
Veinel731/
Winelt731/
Beenel731/
Wheenl731/
Weehnl731/
Wöhnel731/
Weenhl731/
Waynel731/
Whanel730/
Wignel730/
Wineel730/
Venuel730/
Winael730/
Whinel730/
Wannell67712/
Wignell67519/
Winnell67436/
Wonnell67312/
Whannel67172/
Wähnelt6759/
Weinöhl6734/
Veinelt6712/
Wynnell678/
Wanl676/
Wainele676/
Waynell675/
Winniel674/
Huehnel673/
Ouesnel672/
Witnell672/
Winl672/
Wonl671/
Weannil671/
Wegnild671/
Wanniel671/
Weinähl671/
Wägnell671/
Wjnl671/
Venaell670/
Waanell670/
Wittnel670/
Wisnell670/
Whanell670/

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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 Wenel
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