Šnel Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Šnel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Šnel 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
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Snel (5,505) & Şnel (1) are calculated separately.

Šnel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Šnel is found most frequently in Croatia. It may also be found as: Snel or Şnel. Click here for other potential spellings of Šnel.

How Common Is The Last Name Šnel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Šnel is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šnel live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 604,086. In Croatia Šnel is most numerous in: City of Zagreb, where 57 percent live and Osijek-Baranja County, where 43 percent live. Outside of Croatia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Serbia, where 13 percent live.

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
Snel925,505/
Şnel921/
Cnel752/
Jnel750/
Snell6748,166/
Shnel67464/
Sznel67168/
Sneel6734/
Jhnel6724/
Sniel675/
Snael672/
Snehl672/
Scnel672/
Jnell671/
Cneel671/
Xnell671/
Snelp671/
Zneel671/
Znehl670/
Cnell670/
Snelt670/
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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 Šnel
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