Curtel Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Curtel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Curtel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France121:5,535,227269,324
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Curtel (11) may also be a first name.

Curtel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Curtel is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Curtel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Curtel is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Curtel live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 11 people.

The last name is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 5,535,227. In France it is primarily found in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 100 percent reside. Excluding France this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent reside and The Philippines, where 6 percent reside.

Curtel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Curtel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Curtel last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Courtel921,657/
Curtell922/
Caurtel921/
Curtiel921/
Courtiel8672/
Courtell8612/
Cortel834,760/
Curtil831,124/
Kurtel83564/
Surtel83507/
Courtl831/
Cortell771,398/
Kourtel771,158/
Corteel77284/
Courtil77146/
Surtell7724/
Cortiel7719/
Kurtell771/
Córtell771/
Surteel771/
Kurtiel771/
Sourtel770/
Kurtl731/
Courtiol71688/
Curtisld711/
Seurtell710/
Corttell710/
Curtlett710/
Kortel67390/
Cortil67163/
Cortyl67105/
Kurtelova6732/
Zortel678/
Kurtil674/
Surtil673/
Kurtül672/
Jurtil672/
Zurtelova672/
Qortel671/

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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 Curtel
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