Wengel Surname
Approximately 1,675 people bear this surname
Wengel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 799 | 1:100,758 | 12,496 |
| United States | 371 | 1:976,978 | 72,504 |
| Poland | 130 | 1:292,375 | 35,141 |
| Denmark | 128 | 1:44,099 | 4,601 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Israel | 41 | 1:208,723 | 20,048 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 78 | 1:643,829 | 42,510 |
Wengel (138) may also be a first name.
Wengel Demographics
Average Wengel Salary in
United States
$44,584 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wengel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wengel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wengel is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wengel? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wengel is the 239,163rd most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,350,774 people. Wengel is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Wengel live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Germanic Europe. Wengel is also the 787,636th most frequently used given name globally It is held by 138 people.
The surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 799 people, or 1 in 100,758. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent reside and Hesse, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Poland, where 8 percent reside.
Wengel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wengel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wengel last name increased 476 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wengel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wengel surname are 11.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Wengel earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.33% more than the national average, earning $44,584 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.3% less than the national average, earning $48,542 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 Wengel
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