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 most common in Turkey. It may also occur as: Gecgel. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Geçgel? popularity and diffusion
The last name Geçgel is the 80,590th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,206,348 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Geçgel reside; 90 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 6,037 people, or 1 in 12,891. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent are found, Sanliurfa Province, where 13 percent are found and Sirnak Province, where 8 percent are found. Barring Turkey this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
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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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