Gourgel Surname
Approximately 29,036 people bear this surname
Gourgel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 28,790 | 1:937 | 161 |
| Portugal | 198 | 1:52,617 | 2,944 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
Gourgel (53) may also be a first name.
Gourgel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gourgel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gourgel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺮﻗﻞ) is more frequently found in Angola than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourgel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 18,974th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 250,983 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gourgel are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently held given name world-wide. It is borne by 53 people.
This last name is most common in Angola, where it is borne by 28,790 people, or 1 in 937. Not including Angola this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gourgel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gourgel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﺮﻗﻞ | qrql | - |
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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 Gourgel
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