Nortel Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belgium

Nortel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nortel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Nortel (38) may also be a first name.

Nortel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nortel (Russian: Нортел) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nortel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Nortel reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Nortel is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 38 people.

The surname Nortel is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 40 percent live, New York, where 20 percent live and District of Columbia, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States Nortel occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 21 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.

Nortel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nortel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nortel surname rose 1,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nortel Last Name Statistics demography

Nortel earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.06% more than the national average, earning $43,607 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nortell9229/
Nourtel923/
Norteel921/
Nortiel921/
Nortil831,567/
Nurtel8318/
Nartel833/
Nortyl831/
Ngartel77482/
Närtell778/
Nartell778/
Narthel773/
Nartiel771/
Nertell771/
Northill7118/
Northlet712/
Nertil675/
Nartil673/
Nartlett571/

Nortel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nortel in the Russian language
Нортелnortel-

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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 Nortel
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