Wortel Surname

264,506th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,480 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Suriname

Wortel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wortel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,0091:16,7372,587
United States2051:1,768,092116,364
Suriname831:6,6581,580
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Australia321:843,61652,533
Belgium251:459,86646,150
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
France81:8,302,840321,660
Micronesia41:26,561731
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
England11:55,718,059489,080
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Wortèl (1) are calculated separately.

Wortel (16) may also be a first name.

Wortel Last Name Facts

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

Wortel is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Wortèl. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wortel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 264,506th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 4,924,018 people. The last name Wortel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Wortel live; 72 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe. Wortel is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held forename throughout the world It is held by 16 people.

The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,009 people, or 1 in 16,737. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 32 percent are found, South Holland, where 22 percent are found and North Brabant, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Suriname, where 6 percent are found.

Wortel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wortel last name are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.85% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wortel earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 31.6% less than the national average, earning R 162,552 per year; in United States they earn 10.66% more than the national average, earning $47,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.42% more than the national average, earning $54,862 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wortèl941/
Wortell9257/
Woertel9233/
Worthel9217/
Bortel831,466/
Wartel831,196/
Wertel83327/
Vortel8351/
Wärtel8314/
Wurtel831/
Wartell77378/
Bortell77371/
Borteel7756/
Bourtel7711/
Wortlet776/
Warthel774/
Wurtelt771/
Wurtell771/
Wurteel771/
Werteel771/
Werthel770/
Bortl73126/
Würtl73116/
Wertl7352/
Wörtl7315/
Bourteel7130/
Boorteel7112/
Bourtell712/
Weurthel710/
Borttell710/
Bartel6728,891/
Vertel674,811/
Burtel67250/
Vortelová6753/
Bärtel6750/
Bürtel6729/
Vartel6715/
Vurtel676/
Wärthl672/
Wuertl671/
Vortelova671/
Bortil671/
Wertil671/
Borttl670/

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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
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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 Wortel
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