Kurkel Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Kurkel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurkel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Kurkel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kurkel (Russian: Куркель) occurs in Belarus more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurkel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Kurkel reside; 77 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 77 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Belarus, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,900,212. In Belarus Kurkel is most prevalent in: Vitebsk Region, where 80 percent are found and Mogilev Region, where 20 percent are found. Besides Belarus this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 38 percent are found and The United States, where 23 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurkiel921/
Khurkel921/
Keurkel921/
Kurkl911/
Kurckiel861/
Kirkel83160/
Korkel8315/
Curkel833/
Koerkel7773/
Kirkell7733/
Kirkiel771/
Korkell770/
Kirkl732/
Koerckel7184/
Koerkell711/
Kirkil671,574/
Curcel6728/
Kurcil675/
Corkel672/
Curkil671/
Korkil671/
Corkell62182/
Courcel62168/
Caurcel6228/
Curcuel621/
Curcell620/
Curchel620/
Kourcil620/
Courchel5799/
Courcell572/
Corckell571/
Curchell570/
Korcl551/
Curcl551/
Corkl551/
Corkil502/
Curcil502/

Kurkel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurkel in the Russian language
Куркельkurkel-

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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 Kurkel
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