Görgülü Surname

28,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,056 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Görgülü Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Görgülü Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey18,6121:4,181597
Sweden1511:65,2104,983
Germany1431:562,97546,225
Austria1091:78,12311,779
Northern Cyprus221:14,5003,711
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
England21:27,859,030389,889
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

The alternate forms: Görgülu (3), Gorgülü (1), Görgulu (11) & Gorgulu (271) are calculated separately.

Görgülü Last Name Facts

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

The surname Görgülü occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Görgülu, Gorgülü, Görgulu or Gorgulu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Görgülü? popularity and diffusion

Görgülü is the 28,209th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 382,428 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Görgülü live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Görgülü is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 18,612 people, or 1 in 4,181. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent live, Ankara Province, where 11 percent live and Antalya Province, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey Görgülü exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Görgülu953/
Gorgülü951/
Görgüllü931/
Görgül92614/
Görgulu9011/
Gorgulu86271/
Gürgülü86132/
Görgölü865/
Gørgülü862/
Görgl83116/
Gürgül77359/
Grüclü771/
Grgl731/
Körüklü71466/
Göröglu711/
Köroglü711/
Gregl67374/
Grögl6784/
Gragl6728/
Grogl6725/
Grugl6717/
Grgla678/
Gorgl676/
Grigüelo672/
Grglw671/
Grglh671/
Grigüela671/
Grygl671/

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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 Görgülü
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