Wiegels Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wiegels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiegels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1651:487,91242,047
Norway91:571,36544,190
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Wiegels Last Name Facts

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

Wiegels has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiegels? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wiegels is the 1,206,588th most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Wiegels live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 487,912. In Germany Wiegels is most prevalent in: Hamburg, where 34 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 34 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Wiegels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wiegels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiegels last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wiegels Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Wiegels earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.16% less than the national average, earning 234,792 kr per year and in South Africa they earn 58.19% more than the national average, earning R 375,924 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiegeles931/
Wegels922/
Weegels86190/
Wiggels862/
Weigels861/
Wighels860/
Wiechels8026/
Wiengles800/
Weigls771/
Vigels771/
Vegels771/
Begels770/
Bigels770/
Beugels71441/
Voegels7128/
Viesels719/
Vigehls718/
Vigelsø712/
Biggels712/
Beagels712/
Huegels711/
Weigils710/
Vigelsjø679/
Vegls672/
Wiechles671/
Weglz671/
Wiggills671/
Uegelles671/
Begls670/

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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 Wiegels
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