Gürsel Surname
Approximately 6,749 people bear this surname
Gürsel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 6,559 | 1:11,865 | 1,531 |
| Northern Cyprus | 102 | 1:3,128 | 474 |
| Germany | 39 | 1:2,064,243 | 111,952 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Gursel (220) are calculated separately.
Gürsel (21,388) may also be a first name.
Gürsel Demographics
Average Gürsel Salary in
Norway
274,656 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Gürsel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gürsel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gürsel occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Gursel. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gürsel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 73,004th most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,079,796 people. The surname Gürsel occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Gürsel reside; 77 percent reside in West Asia and 77 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Gürsel is also the 35,961st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 21,388 people.
The surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 6,559 people, or 1 in 11,865. In Turkey Gürsel is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 22 percent live, Gaziantep Province, where 12 percent live and Izmir Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from Turkey it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 2 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
Gürsel Last Name Statistics demography
Gürsel earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 20.64% less than the national average, earning 274,656 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gursel | 94 | 220 | / |
| Girsel | 83 | 55 | / |
| Gürgel | 83 | 44 | / |
| Gürzel | 83 | 43 | / |
| Gorsel | 83 | 15 | / |
| Gürcel | 83 | 5 | / |
| Gursiel | 77 | 8 | / |
| Gursell | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gorszel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gorssel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gürceel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Girszel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gorsell | 77 | 0 | / |
| Goursell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Girssell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gurgel | 67 | 12,952 | / |
| Gürgil | 67 | 752 | / |
| Gorzel | 67 | 563 | / |
| Gurcel | 67 | 52 | / |
| Goerschel | 67 | 51 | / |
| Gurzel | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gurjel | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gorssl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorsil | 67 | 1 | / |
| Girsil | 67 | 1 | / |
| Girzel | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gorschell | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gourgel | 62 | 29,036 | / |
| Gorzell | 62 | 152 | / |
| Gurzell | 62 | 39 | / |
| Gurschl | 62 | 37 | / |
| Gurgiel | 62 | 30 | / |
| Girzell | 62 | 4 | / |
| Goerzel | 62 | 3 | / |
| Gurdziel | 57 | 532 | / |
| Gordziel | 57 | 118 | / |
| Gourchel | 57 | 60 | / |
| Gurdgiel | 57 | 21 | / |
| Girzl | 55 | 2 | / |
| Gorzeł | 50 | 4 | / |
| Girzil | 50 | 2 | / |
| Gurgil | 50 | 1 | / |
| Gorzyl | 50 | 1 | / |
| Gorcyl | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Gürsel
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