Cugelj Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Cugelj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cugelj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia1271:19,5884,444
Serbia141:510,35319,964
Croatia131:325,27730,776
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

The alternate forms: Čugelj (26) are calculated separately.

Cugelj Last Name Facts

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

Cugelj occurs in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Čugelj. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cugelj? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,380,086th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. Cugelj occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Cugelj reside; 97 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

Cugelj is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 19,588. In Slovenia Cugelj is most frequent in: Southeast Slovenia, where 54 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 30 percent live and Lower Sava, where 9 percent live. Apart from Slovenia Cugelj exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 9 percent live and Croatia, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Čugelj9426/
Žugelj83348/
Cugalj8364/
Cuzelj8330/
Zugelj836/
Cugely831/
Cughele7712/
Cungeli7710/
Caugele776/
Caugely770/
Chaugele718/
Chougele714/
Caugheli712/
Cougelis711/
Kugele67935/
Kucelj67282/
Jugele67217/
Kuzelj67117/
Kuželj6792/
Cuceli6783/
Kuselj6777/
Kugeli6755/
Jugeli6751/
Cuzela6726/
Cugaly6725/
Kugela6718/
Sugeli6716/
Cujeli6710/
Cucele679/
Cogele677/
Cuzeli674/
Cugale674/
Cogela672/
Jugelé671/
Zugela671/
Cusele671/
Kogelj671/
Kugely670/

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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
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  • 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 Cugelj
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