Wichels Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Wichels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 41 | 1:1,963,548 | 108,338 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wichels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wichels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wichels is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wichels? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Wichels are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Wichels is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 1,963,548. In Germany Wichels is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 90 percent are found, Bavaria, where 2 percent are found and Bremen, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Germany Wichels exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
Wichels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wichels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wichels last name grew 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiechels | 93 | 26 | / |
| Weichels | 93 | 1 | / |
| Whichels | 93 | 0 | / |
| Witchells | 88 | 0 | / |
| Whichells | 88 | 0 | / |
| Whitchels | 88 | 0 | / |
| Bichels | 86 | 229 | / |
| Vichels | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wichols | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wickels | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wichals | 86 | 0 | / |
| Whels | 83 | 0 | / |
| Weichelz | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bicheles | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wicholls | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whichals | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wheals | 77 | 154 | / |
| Wieles | 77 | 84 | / |
| Wheels | 77 | 35 | / |
| Wheles | 77 | 8 | / |
| Wecels | 77 | 6 | / |
| Whells | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wikels | 77 | 2 | / |
| Whelsh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bicels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wilhes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wickls | 77 | 0 | / |
| Weihls | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wheless | 71 | 1,316 | / |
| Wheeles | 71 | 522 | / |
| Wittels | 71 | 407 | / |
| Wissels | 71 | 250 | / |
| Wickles | 71 | 227 | / |
| Bickels | 71 | 53 | / |
| Weckels | 71 | 43 | / |
| Wheiles | 71 | 34 | / |
| Vaicels | 71 | 21 | / |
| Büchels | 71 | 12 | / |
| Vickels | 71 | 11 | / |
| Wehsels | 71 | 10 | / |
| Whitels | 71 | 4 | / |
| Weshels | 71 | 3 | / |
| Weisels | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wheelss | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wiggels | 71 | 2 | / |
| Viclhes | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wheales | 71 | 2 | / |
| Weigels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Whelles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bechels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wiles | 67 | 27,341 | / |
| Wheeless | 67 | 1,351 | / |
| Wickless | 67 | 157 | / |
| Wails | 67 | 112 | / |
| Weals | 67 | 109 | / |
| Weyls | 67 | 82 | / |
| Weils | 67 | 79 | / |
| Vicelles | 67 | 70 | / |
| Weles | 67 | 56 | / |
| Weicholz | 67 | 27 | / |
| Wikkelsø | 67 | 11 | / |
| Weiseles | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hvels | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wuils | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whittels | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wittelsz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whelless | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wychyles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiessels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wicklsse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whils | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vechelst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weitzels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vicls | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whitsels | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woils | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wissells | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wekls | 67 | 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 Wichels
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