Karakel Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Karakel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Karakel Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey201:3,891,07197,520
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Karakel Last Name Facts

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

Karakel is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karakel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Karakel occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Karakel live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Karakel is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 3,891,071. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Antalya Province, where 65 percent reside, Burdur Province, where 20 percent reside and Mugla Province, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Turkey it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Karakel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Karakel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karakl922/
Karakkeel881/
Karakil8668/
Karacel8664/
Karekel8611/
Korakel865/
Karakelova821/
Karaklova751/
Kareckl711/
Karacöl711/
Caraquel67166/
Karekleh671/
Caracoel671/
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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 Karakel
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