Gonkel Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Gonkel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gonkel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
France151:4,428,181244,602
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Gonkel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gonkel (Hindi: गोंकेल) is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gonkel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,323,005th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Gonkel are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 888,799. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Overijssel, where 32 percent live, Gelderland, where 26 percent live and Groningen, where 21 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 43 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Gonkel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gonkel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gonkel surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gonckel9238/
Onkel91271/
Gunkel837,782/
Günkel83181/
Goncel8333/
Gankel833/
Onckel833/
Honkel831/
Oinkel831/
Gonkil831/
Oonkel831/
Onkiel831/
Onkl801/
Gunckel77442/
Günckel772/
Gankell770/
Gunkell770/
Ankel73282/
Oncel73199/
Gunkl734/
Onkil731/
Gunckell711/
Honckeel711/
Gouncell711/
Hankel672,750/
Gancel67788/
Ankiel67303/
Honcel6793/
Angkel6735/
Ongkil6730/
Ankell677/
Onchel675/
Guncel672/
Ankkel671/
Gunkelová671/
Gunckl671/
Onquel671/
Oncael671/
Goncil671/
Gunkil670/

Gonkel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gonkel in the Hindi language
गोंकेलgonkela-

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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
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  • 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 Gonkel
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