Wichel Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Wichel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Wichel (19) may also be a first name.
Wichel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wichel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wichel is most common in Germany. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wichel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Wichel live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most common given name world-wide, held by 19 people.
This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Wichel is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 53 percent live and Hamburg, where 47 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Wichel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wichel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Wichel
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