Wewel Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wewel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wewel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1941:414,97737,848
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Poland21:19,004,374199,659

Wewel (13) may also be a first name.

Wewel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wewel is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wewel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,168,344th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wewel are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 13 people.

It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 414,977. In Germany Wewel is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 65 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 32 percent reside and Hesse, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Germany Wewel exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 4 percent reside and Poland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiewel91792/
Wewele9178/
Waewel911/
Wewelt911/
Weiwel911/
Wewell911/
Wewl891/
Whewell831,085/
Weiswel8313/
Wiewell8310/
Weeweel833/
Wheweel831/
Weawell830/
Wiwel80102/
Wwewl801/
Wewll800/
Wheawell7726/
Wheywell7715/
Wheewell772/
Weiswell770/
Weavel7334/
Wawiel7313/
Wuebel7312/
Beiwel737/
Huewel733/
Weabel732/
Weivel731/
Wesswl731/
Veweel731/
Weebel731/
Uewell731/
Vewell731/
Wawoel731/
Waywell67375/
Whebell67110/
Weibell6772/
Weavell6767/
Vewl672/
Huewell672/
Wywl671/
Wevl671/
Wajwele671/
Beewell671/
Whywele671/
Waiwele671/
Whewellová671/
Wowl671/
Bewl671/
Weivell670/
Whiwell670/
Webl670/

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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 Wewel
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