Gürsakal Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Gürsakal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gürsakal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2501:311,28620,222
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Gursakal (6) are calculated separately.

Gürsakal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gürsakal is found most in Turkey. It may occur as a variant: Gursakal. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gürsakal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,009,375th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Gürsakal are found; 69 percent are found in West Asia and 69 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

This last name is most frequent in Turkey, where it is borne by 250 people, or 1 in 311,286. In Turkey Gürsakal is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 39 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 26 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 15 percent reside. Not including Turkey Gürsakal exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 0 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gursakal966/
Gressakal821/
Kırsakal75257/
Gürsaçli75111/
Karsakal751/
Karasakal713,758/
Gorskl712/
Garsagall711/
Groskl711/
Kruskal67144/
Griskel672/
Guarsakhul671/
Karasakaal671/
Gros Kowal671/
Karasakali671/
Groskel671/
Karasakale671/
Graskel670/
Graskil670/
Griscal670/

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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 Gürsakal
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