Writzel Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Writzel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Writzel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria281:304,12334,120
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Writzel Last Name Facts

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

Writzel is held by more people in Austria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Writzel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Writzel is the 2,944,094th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Writzel live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Austria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 304,123. In Austria Writzel is mostly concentrated in: Carinthia, where 61 percent live and Vienna, where 39 percent live. Beside Austria Writzel occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 30 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Writzel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Writzel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Writzel surname fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wreitzel930/
Writzl9298/
Writsel8669/
Wretzel8628/
Britzel8627/
Vritzel861/
Brittzel805/
Britzl7750/
Wrezel7715/
Vrizel779/
Wretzl773/
Vritzl772/
Wrzicziel751/
Writzsled751/
Bretzel71252/
Brützel7169/
Wretzelová719/
Vretzel710/
Wrzyciel67154/
Wretsell674/
Bridzell671/
Bretzell671/
Britciel671/
Whrichel671/
Britsell670/
Wrichell670/
Wretzlová633/
Briddzell631/
Bretzl6216/
Brichel5710/
Bredzel572/
Britcil571/
Brichell534/
Bretchel533/
Bridsell531/
Breatchel5012/

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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 Writzel
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