Wähl Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Wähl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
The alternate forms: Wåhl (8) are calculated separately.
Wähl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wähl Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wähl is most common in Sweden. It can also appear as a variant: Wåhl. For other possible spellings of Wähl click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wähl? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,776,799th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. Wähl is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wähl are found; 65 percent are found in Northern Europe and 65 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 307,711. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Södermanland County, where 38 percent live, Kalmar County, where 25 percent live and Dalarna County, where 19 percent live. Not including Sweden it occurs in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 35 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wåhl | 92 | 8 | / |
| Wählt | 89 | 21 | / |
| Wähle | 89 | 13 | / |
| Whl | 86 | 10 | / |
| Wöhl | 75 | 837 | / |
| Wehl | 75 | 680 | / |
| Wihl | 75 | 241 | / |
| Wühl | 75 | 170 | / |
| Vähl | 75 | 9 | / |
| Wyhl | 75 | 7 | / |
| Whil | 75 | 6 | / |
| Bähl | 75 | 6 | / |
| Whel | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wőhl | 75 | 4 | / |
| Whlt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wlhl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wwhl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whyl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Woehl | 67 | 1,434 | / |
| Wiehl | 67 | 1,150 | / |
| While | 67 | 1,039 | / |
| Wheal | 67 | 961 | / |
| Wheel | 67 | 720 | / |
| Weihl | 67 | 477 | / |
| Wl | 67 | 439 | / |
| Whyle | 67 | 344 | / |
| Wöhle | 67 | 329 | / |
| Wälle | 67 | 267 | / |
| Wägli | 67 | 246 | / |
| Whell | 67 | 66 | / |
| Wehlt | 67 | 41 | / |
| Whele | 67 | 20 | / |
| Wuehl | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wheil | 67 | 4 | / |
| Waehl | 67 | 3 | / |
| Whill | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wyhle | 67 | 2 | / |
| Welhl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wahyl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whayl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wihle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weehl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whail | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weahl | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wähl
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