Korkel Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Korkel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Korkel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

The alternate forms: Körkel (180) are calculated separately.

Korkel (29) may also be a first name.

Korkel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Korkel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻛﻞ) occurs more in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Körkel. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Korkel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Korkel is predominantly found in Asia, where 40 percent of Korkel live; 27 percent live in East Africa and 27 percent live in Levant. Korkel is also the 1,951,561st most widespread first name globally It is held by 29 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Iraq, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 8,755,414. Not including Iraq Korkel is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 27 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 7 percent are found.

Korkel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Korkel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Korkel surname fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Körkel94180/
Koerkel9273/
Korkell920/
Koerckel8684/
Koerkell861/
Korcel83101/
Kerkel8397/
Kurkel8313/
Corkel832/
Karkel832/
Korkil831/
Corkell77182/
Kerckel7716/
Keerkel774/
Khurkel771/
Katrkel771/
Kurkiel771/
Karkiel771/
Karkeel771/
Keurkel771/
Kaerkel770/
Kerkkel770/
Karkl735/
Korcl731/
Corkl731/
Kurkl731/
Kurckiel711/
Corckell711/
Corcel6770/
Karkelova6725/
Karcel6721/
Kerkil6714/
Korcil676/
Curkel673/
Corkil672/
Karkil672/

Korkel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Korkel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻮﺭﻛﻞkwrkl-

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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 Korkel
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