Görgel Surname

233,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,723 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Görgel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Görgel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,7061:45,6164,612
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202

The alternate forms: Gorgel (78) are calculated separately.

Görgel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Görgel occurs most in Turkey. It may be rendered as a variant: Gorgel. Click here for other potential spellings of Görgel.

How Common Is The Last Name Görgel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 233,904th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 4,229,568 people. The last name Görgel occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Görgel live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Görgel is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,706 people, or 1 in 45,616. In Turkey Görgel is mostly concentrated in: Kahramanmaras Province, where 38 percent are found, Gaziantep Province, where 19 percent are found and Osmaniye Province, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Turkey this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Czechia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gorgel9478/
Görgl91116/
Gergel832,265/
Görgül83614/
Gargel83131/
Görgelová805/
Gorgiel77206/
Gargiel7741/
Goergel773/
Gorggel771/
Ghergel771/
Gorgeel771/
Gergiel771/
Gargoel770/
Gergl7313/
Gorgl736/
Giergiel71315/
Görglová7114/
Görengil7113/
Görengöl711/
Gergil67167/
Gorgil6725/
Gargil6722/
Gargill6219/
Ghargil624/
Gorgill622/
Gheergl621/
Gargleh621/
Gergill620/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Görgel
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