Guerguel Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Guerguel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 55 | 1:74,452 | 5,004 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Guerguel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guerguel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guerguel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻛﻞ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guerguel? popularity and diffusion
Guerguel is the 2,580,327th most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Guerguel reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 74,452. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 65 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 31 percent live and Assaba Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Mauritania Guerguel occurs in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guergel | 93 | 4 | / |
| Guerguil | 88 | 27 | / |
| Gergel | 86 | 2,265 | / |
| Gerghel | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gergelt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Guirgel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ghergel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gergiel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gergl | 77 | 13 | / |
| Gherghel | 75 | 4,335 | / |
| Giergiel | 75 | 315 | / |
| Geringel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gergelová | 71 | 498 | / |
| Gregel | 71 | 197 | / |
| Girgel | 71 | 176 | / |
| Gergil | 71 | 167 | / |
| Gîrgel | 71 | 89 | / |
| Gergelova | 71 | 33 | / |
| Guirquell | 71 | 12 | / |
| Girgiel | 67 | 120 | / |
| Gregiel | 67 | 23 | / |
| Gregell | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gheergl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gergill | 67 | 0 | / |
| Giergielová | 63 | 5 | / |
| Ghirghel | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gregl | 62 | 374 | / |
| Girgelová | 59 | 7 | / |
| Gergilova | 59 | 5 | / |
| Girgil | 57 | 50 | / |
| Ghiringhel | 56 | 2 | / |
| Girglová | 50 | 14 | / |
Guerguel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guerguel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﻛﻞ | krkl | - |
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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 Guerguel
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