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
The surname Witcel is most common in Brazil. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Witcel? popularity and diffusion
Witcel is the 1,064,392nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Witcel live; 100 percent live in South America and 91 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname Witcel is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 212 people, or 1 in 1,009,785. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Paraná, where 45 percent are found, Rio Grande do Sul, where 33 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 8 percent are found. Other than Brazil this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Paraguay, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Witcel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Witcel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Witcel last name declined 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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