Wälzel Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Wälzel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wälzel Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Wälzel Last Name Facts

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

Wälzel is most common in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wälzel.

How Common Is The Last Name Wälzel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wälzel is the 6,360,413th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wälzel live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Wälzel is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany Wälzel is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 100 percent reside. Besides Germany Wälzel is found in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wälzl9112/
Welzel836,904/
Wältzl838/
Wilzel832/
Weltzel7724/
Waelzel776/
Weilzel771/
Wlerzel771/
Welzell770/
Welzl73234/
Wölzl7325/
Weelzell710/
Velzel67142/
Völzel6740/
Blezel6738/
Belzel6730/
Wilgel678/
Welzelová678/
Woelzl675/
Wilsel671/
Wieltzell670/
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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 Wälzel
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