Wingels Surname

1,129,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belgium

Wingels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wingels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1321:609,89048,740
Belgium351:328,47637,084
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
England61:9,286,343223,652
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wingels Last Name Facts

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

Wingels is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wingels.

How Common Is The Last Name Wingels? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,129,067th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Wingels live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 609,890. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 79 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 11 percent are found and Hesse, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Wingels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wingels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wingels surname increased 417 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wingels Last Name Statistics demography

Wingels earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 59.1% more than the national average, earning $68,652 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wingles8615/
Wengels8611/
Winiels867/
Winsels863/
Bingels861/
Winhels861/
Weingles8010/
Wiengles800/
Wgells772/
Winchells750/
Vengels71238/
Vineles71219/
Bengels7183/
Winsles717/
Bingles715/
Vingles714/
Wenzels713/
Wengles712/
Viniels711/
Vingless6746/
Wensells6717/
Bengeles671/
Wenzells671/

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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 Wingels
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