Öhl Surname

885,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Öhl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Öhl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2181:369,29135,132
Austria841:101,37414,603
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Öhl Last Name Facts

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

The surname Öhl is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Öhl? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 885,573rd most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. The last name Öhl occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Öhl are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 218 people, or 1 in 369,291. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hesse, where 27 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 24 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 22 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 28 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Höhl862,583/
Öl8013/
Höhle752,084/
Höl67185/
Öll67145/
Höhlová603/
Hael576,787/
Hoel576,392/
Höll574,215/
Oehl572,003/
Häll571,389/
Höld57412/
Huil57129/
Hähl57125/
Heul5772/
Aehl5761/
Ölle5755/
Häle5736/
Öğle5722/
Höle5718/
Uihl571/
Hoell50990/
Hoehl50644/
Hölle50568/
Hähle50485/
Haehl50357/
Höllt5039/
Åhäll508/
Huill506/
Haell502/
Heull500/

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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 Öhl
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