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
The surname Wespel is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wespel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wespel is the 1,104,724th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The last name Wespel is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Wespel are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Wespel is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 452,278. In Germany Wespel is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 84 percent live, Bavaria, where 9 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 8 percent live and Argentina, where 5 percent live.
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
- 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 Wespel
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