Gürsel Surname

73,004th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,749 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Gürsel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gürsel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey6,5591:11,8651,531
Northern Cyprus1021:3,128474
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
Austria211:405,49741,758
Norway161:321,39331,311
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Gursel (220) are calculated separately.

Gürsel (21,388) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gursel94220/
Girsel8355/
Gürgel8344/
Gürzel8343/
Gorsel8315/
Gürcel835/
Gursiel778/
Gursell772/
Gorszel771/
Gorssel771/
Gürceel771/
Girszel771/
Gorsell770/
Goursell711/
Girssell711/
Gurgel6712,952/
Gürgil67752/
Gorzel67563/
Gurcel6752/
Goerschel6751/
Gurzel675/
Gurjel673/
Gorssl671/
Gorsil671/
Girsil671/
Girzel670/
Gorschell670/
Gourgel6229,036/
Gorzell62152/
Gurzell6239/
Gurschl6237/
Gurgiel6230/
Girzell624/
Goerzel623/
Gurdziel57532/
Gordziel57118/
Gourchel5760/
Gurdgiel5721/
Girzl552/
Gorzeł504/
Girzil502/
Gurgil501/
Gorzyl501/
Gorcyl501/

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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 Gürsel
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