Gorgels Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Gorgels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 97 | 1:174,095 | 25,153 |
| Germany | 82 | 1:981,774 | 68,040 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Görgels (6) are calculated separately.
Gorgels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorgels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gorgels is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Görgels. For other potential spellings of Gorgels click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorgels? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gorgels is the 1,257,535th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gorgels reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 174,095. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Limburg, where 39 percent reside, North Holland, where 21 percent reside and Gelderland, where 16 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 45 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Görgels | 95 | 6 | / |
| Orgeles | 86 | 28 | / |
| Gergels | 86 | 3 | / |
| Gorzels | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gurgels | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gorchels | 80 | 28 | / |
| Orgelles | 80 | 5 | / |
| Orgles | 77 | 58 | / |
| Oreles | 77 | 19 | / |
| Gargls | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gorschels | 75 | 7 | / |
| Orguelles | 75 | 3 | / |
| Argeles | 71 | 345 | / |
| Orgiles | 71 | 258 | / |
| Gareles | 71 | 28 | / |
| Gergils | 71 | 19 | / |
| Gorzelz | 71 | 8 | / |
| Gorselz | 71 | 3 | / |
| Garguelles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oureles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gariels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gargles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orieles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Garsels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gergles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Argelles | 67 | 227 | / |
| Orgilles | 67 | 124 | / |
| Garcells | 67 | 23 | / |
| Gargiles | 67 | 12 | / |
| Arguells | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorzellz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Garsells | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gorgels
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