Gorguel Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Gorguel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gorguel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon421:494,50240,134
Niger91:2,132,44640,124
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Gorguel (94) may also be a first name.

Gorguel Last Name Facts

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

Gorguel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻛﻞ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gorguel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. Gorguel is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gorguel are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Gorguel is also the 980,251st most numerous given name in the world, borne by 94 people.

The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 494,502. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 98 percent live and North Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 17 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gourguel932/
Gorgel9278/
Gourgel8629,036/
Gorgiel86206/
Garguel8610/
Gorggel861/
Gorgbel861/
Gorgeel861/
Gorgl836/
Gargel77131/
Gorgil7725/
Garguil7143/
Gargiel7141/
Garghel7115/
Gorgill712/
Garquel711/
Gorquil711/
Gargwell678/
Gargouel672/
Garguill672/
Garguild671/
Gargield671/
Gargelová6325/
Gargil6222/
Gargill5719/
Ghargil574/
Gargleh571/
Gargoel570/
Garghill5315/

Gorguel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gorguel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻮﺭﻛﻞkwrkl50
ﻛﺮﻗﻞkrql50

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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 Gorguel
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