Wespel Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Wespel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 178 | 1:452,278 | 40,070 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wespel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wespel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wespel is most common in Germany. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wespel? popularity and diffusion
Wespel is the 1,104,724th most common family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. The surname Wespel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Wespel are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 452,278. In Germany it is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 84 percent are found, Bavaria, where 9 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 8 percent are found and Argentina, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wespl | 91 | 28 | / |
| Wispel | 83 | 81 | / |
| Whispel | 77 | 29 | / |
| Beispel | 77 | 22 | / |
| Wispell | 77 | 12 | / |
| Wospiel | 77 | 11 | / |
| Vespoel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weishpl | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wispeld | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wispl | 73 | 2 | / |
| Whispell | 71 | 259 | / |
| Wospil | 67 | 30 | / |
| Vospel | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vaspel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bispel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wišpel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vispoel | 62 | 377 | / |
| Vospell | 62 | 1 | / |
| Wisplová | 57 | 58 | / |
| Wisplova | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vispl | 55 | 1 | / |
| Wišpelová | 53 | 1 | / |
| Višpel | 50 | 176 | / |
| Vospěl | 50 | 59 | / |
| Vospil | 50 | 9 | / |
| Vispil | 50 | 2 | / |
| Bispil | 50 | 1 | / |
| Vaspil | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Wespel
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