Wutzel Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Wutzel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wutzel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1181:72,16511,006
Hungary241:409,01227,854
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

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

Wutzel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wutzel occurs more in Austria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Wützel. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wutzel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,333,288th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Wutzel live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Austria, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 72,165. In Austria it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Austria, where 81 percent are found, Upper Austria, where 11 percent are found and Tyrol, where 6 percent are found. Not including Austria it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 12 percent are found.

Wutzel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wutzel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wutzel last name declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wützel941/
Wuztzel921/
Wutzell920/
Weutzel920/
Wutzl91584/
Wuzel9140/
Wuetzell862/
Witzel838,832/
Butzel8342/
Wotzel8318/
Weuzel832/
Wutsel831/
Wauzel830/
Wuezel830/
Wutzelová8010/
Wietzel77299/
Witzell77298/
Woetzel77211/
Whitzel77137/
Wotszel7713/
Wuitzil774/
Wuczell771/
Bautzel771/
Wutsell770/
Butzell770/
Beutzel770/
Witzl73393/
Wizel73178/
Wuzél735/
Wotzl733/
Butzl730/
Whitzell71122/
Wittzell7181/
Wutschel7152/
Wietzell711/
Witzsell710/
Whutsell710/
Witzzell710/
Witzil67705/
Buczel67371/
Witsel67210/
Vitzel6748/
Witzschel6740/
Budzel6735/
Butsel6729/
Wizell6712/
Wiczel676/
Vauzel673/
Whitzl671/
Bützel671/
Wuthschel670/
Wuchel670/
Whizel670/

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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 Wutzel
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