Känel
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Känel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.8M(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 19K
- GPGuadeloupe≈1 in 26K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Känel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 131 (measured from records)
- 1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)
448 people, 2024
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kanel in US United States, FR France, TL Timor-Leste and Kaenel in CH Switzerland, CD Congo - Kinshasa.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Känel 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | #561 | 448 | 1 in 19K | 448 | Kaenel | 39 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 263K | — | Kaenel | 2 |
| FR France | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 347K | 8 | Kanel | 88 |
| US United States | — | 181 | 1 in 1.8M | 193 | Kanel | 131 |
| AR Argentina | — | 179as Kaenel | 1 in 254K | 179 | — | — |
| GP Guadeloupe | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 5 | — | 1 |
| TL Timor-Leste | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 143K | — | Kanel | 1 |
448 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024, counting the spelling känel. 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; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe). 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)
- Rösy Känelb. 1895CHSwiss author (1895-1953)
- Hans Känelb. 1953CHSwiss bicycle racer
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 3 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 448 | #2,918 |
Reference works 1
- 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
- In which country does Känel have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 448 people named Känel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kaenel.
- Where is Känel most common?
- Känel is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 19 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Känel?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 448 people named Känel in 2024, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.
- How common is Känel compared with other names?
- In Switzerland, Känel is the 561st most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Känel” — the 561st most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.