Witcel Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Witcel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 212 | 1:1,009,785 | 35,690 |
| Paraguay | 21 | 1:344,607 | 5,239 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Witcel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Witcel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Witcel occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Witcel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,064,392nd most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Witcel live; 100 percent live in South America and 91 percent live in Luso-South America.
This surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 212 people, or 1 in 1,009,785. In Brazil Witcel is most frequent in: Paraná, where 45 percent live, Rio Grande do Sul, where 33 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 8 percent live. Besides Brazil Witcel exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Paraguay, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Witcel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Witcel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Witcel surname fell 80 percent between 1880 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 Witcel
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