Wöhl Surname
Approximately 837 people bear this surname
Wöhl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 768 | 1:104,825 | 12,956 |
| Austria | 34 | 1:250,454 | 29,541 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Wőhl (4) are calculated separately.
Wöhl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wöhl Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wöhl is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Wőhl. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wöhl? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wöhl is the 415,769th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,706,745 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wöhl are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 768 people, or 1 in 104,825. In Germany it is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 17 percent are found, Bavaria, where 16 percent are found and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 15 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 4 percent are found and Czechia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wőhl | 92 | 4 | / |
| Wöhle | 89 | 329 | / |
| Whl | 86 | 10 | / |
| Böhl | 75 | 1,482 | / |
| Wöll | 75 | 994 | / |
| Wehl | 75 | 680 | / |
| Wihl | 75 | 241 | / |
| Vöhl | 75 | 216 | / |
| Wühl | 75 | 170 | / |
| Wähl | 75 | 49 | / |
| Wölp | 75 | 8 | / |
| Wåhl | 75 | 8 | / |
| Wyhl | 75 | 7 | / |
| Wwhl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wlhl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whlt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wöhlová | 73 | 11 | / |
| Woehl | 67 | 1,434 | / |
| Wiehl | 67 | 1,150 | / |
| Wl | 67 | 439 | / |
| Wehlt | 67 | 41 | / |
| Wölle | 67 | 41 | / |
| Wählt | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wähle | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wuehl | 67 | 11 | / |
| Waehl | 67 | 3 | / |
| Welhl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weehl | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wöhl
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