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

Garkel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻛﻞ, Marathi: गारकेल) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garkel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Garkel is the 3,798,600th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Garkel is mostly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Garkel live; 74 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most common in India, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 38,353,269. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Delhi, where 50 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 40 percent are found. Without taking into account India this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent are found and Germany, where 4 percent are found.

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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