Wiegels Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Wiegels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 165 | 1:487,912 | 42,047 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Wiegels Demographics
Average Wiegels Salary in
Norway
234,792 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Wiegels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiegels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wiegels occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiegels? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,206,588th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Wiegels reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 487,912. In Germany Wiegels is mostly found in: Hamburg, where 34 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 34 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 5 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.
Wiegels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wiegels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiegels surname 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiegeles | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wegels | 92 | 2 | / |
| Weegels | 86 | 190 | / |
| Wiggels | 86 | 2 | / |
| Weigels | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wighels | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wiechels | 80 | 26 | / |
| Wiengles | 80 | 0 | / |
| Weigls | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vigels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vegels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Begels | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bigels | 77 | 0 | / |
| Beugels | 71 | 441 | / |
| Voegels | 71 | 28 | / |
| Viesels | 71 | 9 | / |
| Vigehls | 71 | 8 | / |
| Vigelsø | 71 | 2 | / |
| Biggels | 71 | 2 | / |
| Beagels | 71 | 2 | / |
| Huegels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weigils | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vigelsjø | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vegls | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wiechles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weglz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiggills | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uegelles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Begls | 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 Wiegels
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