Wörfel Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Wörfel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 266 | 1:302,652 | 30,961 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
The alternate forms: Worfel (86) are calculated separately.
Wörfel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wörfel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wörfel is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Worfel. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wörfel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wörfel is the 968,490th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 27,192,336 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wörfel are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 266 people, or 1 in 302,652. In Germany Wörfel is most common in: Bavaria, where 36 percent live, Bremen, where 16 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worfel | 94 | 86 | / |
| Wörffel | 92 | 7 | / |
| Warfel | 83 | 2,508 | / |
| Werfel | 83 | 784 | / |
| Wuerfel | 77 | 381 | / |
| Woerfel | 77 | 79 | / |
| Warfuel | 77 | 28 | / |
| Wherfel | 77 | 12 | / |
| Werffel | 77 | 6 | / |
| Worfell | 77 | 5 | / |
| Warfiel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waerfel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Warfell | 77 | 0 | / |
| Werfl | 73 | 45 | / |
| Wuerffel | 71 | 74 | / |
| Warffuel | 71 | 31 | / |
| Woerffel | 71 | 7 | / |
| Verfel | 67 | 129 | / |
| Wuerfl | 67 | 53 | / |
| Varfel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uerfel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Warfil | 67 | 0 | / |
| Verffel | 62 | 12 | / |
| Wuerfil | 62 | 1 | / |
| Warfill | 62 | 0 | / |
| Woerfil | 62 | 0 | / |
| Verfl | 55 | 19 | / |
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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 Wörfel
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