Garkel Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Garkel Surname User-submission:

Garkal is an Indian given surname, गर्कळ in Marathi. Garkals are Indian Hindu-Kshtriya (Vanjari). Mostly related to Indian states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan and North of Karnataka. They greatly worship Saint Bhagwan Baba.

Garkel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India201:38,353,269431,471
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Garkel Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Garkal is an Indian given surname, गर्कळ in Marathi. Garkals are Indian Hindu-Kshtriya (Vanjari). Mostly related to Indian states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan and North of Karnataka. They greatly worship Saint Bhagwan Baba.

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Garkel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garkel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻛﻞ, Marathi: गारकेल) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garkel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Garkel is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Garkel occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Garkel live; 74 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 38,353,269. In India Garkel is most numerous in: Delhi, where 50 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 40 percent reside. Excluding India this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arkel91319/
Garkl911/
Arkell832,468/
Garcel83322/
Harkel8388/
Görkel8344/
Arckel837/
Aarkel833/
Earkel832/
Gorkel831/
Arhkel831/
Gerkel830/
Garcell77520/
Harkell7740/
Garquel771/
Harckel771/
Gerkiel771/
Goerkel770/
Garkill770/
Harkiel770/
Garchel770/
Harkelt770/
Arcel73429/
Arkil73140/
Orkel7323/
Asrkl731/
Garcl731/
Arkıl730/
Arkelova7146/
Horkel67265/
Arquel67104/
Arcell6739/
Archel6736/
Arkill6729/
Harcel6717/
Garcil676/
Orkiel676/
Arcael673/
Orckel673/
Gerkil671/
Aarkil671/
Orkeul671/
Arkkil671/
Arıklı671/
Earcel670/
Aircel670/
Harckl670/
Harkil670/

Garkel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Garkel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺮﻛﻞkrkl-
Garkel in the Marathi language
गारकेलgarakela-

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