Geçgel Surname
Approximately 6,041 people bear this surname
Geçgel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 6,037 | 1:12,891 | 1,639 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Gecgel (42) are calculated separately.
Geçgel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geçgel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geçgel is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Gecgel. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geçgel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Geçgel is the 80,590th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,206,348 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Geçgel are found; 90 percent are found in West Asia and 90 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
This last name is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 6,037 people, or 1 in 12,891. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent live, Sanliurfa Province, where 13 percent live and Sirnak Province, where 8 percent live. Not including Turkey it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
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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 Geçgel
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