Werpel Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Werpel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Werpel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
Germany101:8,050,546248,660

Werpel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Werpel is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Werpel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Werpel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Werpel reside; 79 percent reside in South America and 79 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 5,785,793. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Minas Gerais, where 70 percent reside, São Paulo, where 22 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 8 percent reside. Other than Brazil Werpel exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 21 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woerpel92211/
Wuerpel9227/
Waerpel920/
Werpell920/
Wuerpell860/
Wörpel83269/
Worpel8355/
Wirpel8322/
Verpel8318/
Warpel831/
Wrepel830/
Worpell7798/
Huerpel770/
Verpil6717/
Värpel671/
Wörpelová671/
Worpleh629/
Virpil501/

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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 Werpel
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