Nagele
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈnæɡəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nagele is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Liechtenstein it is the 33rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: variant of Nagel.
- DEGermany≈1 in 31K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 274Kas Naegele
- ATAustria≈1 in 13K
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 Nagele 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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 187 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Naegele in US United States, CH Switzerland, CN China and Nägele in DE Germany.
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)
- Middle Dutchnāgel(inferred from the name graph)via Nagel
- Old Dutch*nagal(inferred from the name graph)via Nagel
- Proto-West Germanic*nagl(inferred from the name graph)via Nagel
- Proto-Germanic*naglaz(inferred from the name graph)via Nagel
Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.
variant of Nagel.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nagele 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 277K | — | Naegele | 3 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Nägele | 78 |
| US United States | — | 1,216as Naegele | 1 in 274K | 1.2K | Naegele | 187 |
| AT Austria | #703 | ≈710 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Nagele | 53 |
| BR Brazil | — | 212as Naegele | 1 in 999K | 212 | — | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 139 | 1 in 60K | 139 | Naegele | 16 |
| LI Liechtenstein | #33 | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | 85 | Nagele | 6 |
| BM Bermuda | — | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Nagele | 1 |
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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Statistik Liechtenstein — Familiennamenstatistik (surnames). 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)
- Josef Nageleb. 1860ATpolitician (1860-1926)
- Michael Nageleb. 1884ATAustrian politician (1884-1969)
- Albert Nageleb. 1927ATAustrian composer
- Elisabeth Nageleb. 1933CHSwiss luger (1933–1993)
- Magdalena Nageleb. 1987ATAustrian association football player
- Silvia NageleATAustrian association football player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 501 | #43,151 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 492 | #46,623 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 472 | #43,157 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 47 | #19,565 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Nagele mean, and where does it come from?
- variant of Nagel. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Nagele?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈnæɡəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Nagele have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.0 thousand people named Nagele in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled naegele.
- How common is the name Nagele?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 139 people named Nagele in 2024, about 1 in 60 thousand residents.
- How common is Nagele compared with other names?
- In Liechtenstein, Nagele is the 33rd most common surname of 283 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Nagele?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nageleThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Nagele” — the 33rd most common surname in Liechtenstein. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.