Zöphel Surname

704,927th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 417 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Zöphel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zöphel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4161:193,52322,379
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

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

Zöphel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zöphel is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Zophel. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zöphel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 704,927th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 17,476,129 people. The last name Zöphel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Zöphel live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Zöphel is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 193,523. In Germany Zöphel is primarily concentrated in: Saxony, where 47 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 22 percent reside and Bavaria, where 8 percent reside. Other than Germany it is found in one country. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zophel941/
Zöpfel8337/
Zaphel8322/
Zoephel7799/
Zöhfeld777/
Zaephel772/
Zaphael771/
Zapheel771/
Ziephel771/
Zöpfl73252/
Zöfel7355/
Zapfel67365/
Zäpfel67113/
Zepfel6780/
Zöfelt6740/
Zöffel6732/
Sephel6730/
Zöfeld6715/
Zopfel672/
Sophel671/
Saphel670/

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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 Zöphel
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