Erçal Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Erçal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erçal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1931:403,22024,452
Northern Cyprus841:3,798652
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571

The alternate forms: Ercal (25) are calculated separately.

Erçal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Erçal is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Ercal. Click here for further potential spellings of Erçal.

How Common Is The Last Name Erçal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 930,678th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The last name Erçal is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Erçal live; 63 percent live in West Asia and 63 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Erçal is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 403,220. In Turkey Erçal is most numerous in: Sanliurfa Province, where 24 percent reside, Konya Province, where 20 percent reside and Ordu Province, where 17 percent reside. Besides Turkey this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 30 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ercal9325/
Ersal80654/
Erzal8065/
Erjal801/
Ershal7340/
Hersal7315/
Herzal736/
Ersale732/
Ercall731/
Erchal731/
Gersal731/
Ersaal731/
Erssal731/
Gershal6752/
Herchal6714/
Hershal678/
Ersalle672/
Gerchal671/
Hersale671/

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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 Erçal
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