Völkel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: L-Diminutivtyp; zeigt Varianten mit/ohne -k-, -l- und -e-
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Völkel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 21K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 138K
- ATAustria≈1 in 593K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 104 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
L-Diminutivtyp; zeigt Varianten mit/ohne -k-, -l- und -e-. 18 Typen, 4328 Belege.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Völkel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Völkel | 77 |
| US United States | 106 | 1 in 3.1M | 133 | Völkel | 104 |
| CH Switzerland | 61 | 1 in 138K | 61 | Völkel | 7 |
| PL Poland | 21 | 1 in 1.8M | 12 | — | 1 |
| AT Austria | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 593K | — | Völkel | 7 |
| BE Belgium | 6 | 1 in 2M | 6 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ludwig Völkelb. 1762DEGerman classical archaeologist, librarian and archivist
- Reinhold Völkelb. 1834PLAustrian sculptor and plasterer
- Richard Völkelb. 1859Austrian architect, stone mason, modeler and wood carver
- Reinhold Völkelb. 1873ATAustrian painter and interior designer (1873–1938)
- Conrad Völkelb. 1897DEGerman painter, pastellist and graphic artist (1897-1965)
- Reinhold Völkelb. 1925DEGerman hunter
- Adolf Heinrich Völkelb. 1936DEDr. rer. nat. Universität Hamburg 1966
- Bärbel Völkelb. 1960DEGerman professor
- Klaus Völkelb. 2000DEGerman civil servant and general manager
- Max VölkelDEGerman computer scientist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 61 | #16,013 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 12 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 12 | #124,122 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 9 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 9 | #148,428 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 6 | #96,470 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Völkel mean?
- Recorded meaning: L-Diminutivtyp; zeigt Varianten mit/ohne -k-, -l- und -e-.
- In which country does Völkel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.9 thousand people named Völkel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled völkel.
- How common is the name Völkel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 106 people named Völkel in 2010, about 1 in 3.1 million residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Völkel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.