Sökel Surname
Approximately 556 people bear this surname
Sökel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 546 | 1:142,530 | 11,413 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
The alternate forms: Sokel (411) are calculated separately.
Sökel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sökel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sökel occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Sokel. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sökel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 568,231st most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,107,097 people. The surname Sökel is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Sökel are found; 86 percent are found in West Asia and 86 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
This last name is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 546 people, or 1 in 142,530. In Turkey Sökel is primarily found in: Denizli Province, where 44 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 23 percent live and Ankara Province, where 5 percent live. Other than Turkey Sökel is found in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent live.
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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 Sökel
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