Türkel Surname
Approximately 8,639 people bear this surname
Türkel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 8,459 | 1:9,200 | 1,219 |
| Germany | 103 | 1:781,606 | 57,825 |
| Northern Cyprus | 45 | 1:7,089 | 1,629 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Turkel (1,234) are calculated separately.
Türkel (213) may also be a first name.
Türkel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Türkel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Türkel is most common in Turkey. It may appear as a variant: Turkel. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Türkel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 58,519th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 843,564 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Türkel live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Türkel is also the 619,385th most numerous forename internationally, borne by 213 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 8,459 people, or 1 in 9,200. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent live, Izmir Province, where 10 percent live and Samsun Province, where 9 percent live. Beside Turkey this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkel | 94 | 1,234 | / |
| Türkl | 91 | 8 | / |
| Tirkel | 83 | 50 | / |
| Turkell | 77 | 75 | / |
| Türkgil | 77 | 73 | / |
| Turkiel | 77 | 41 | / |
| Turckel | 77 | 10 | / |
| Thirkel | 77 | 6 | / |
| Thurkel | 77 | 5 | / |
| Tierkel | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tuerkel | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tirkiel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Türkleş | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tirkell | 77 | 0 | / |
| Turkl | 73 | 19 | / |
| Thirkell | 71 | 1,530 | / |
| Thierkel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thirckel | 71 | 0 | / |
| Thurkell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tirkil | 67 | 64 | / |
| Thurkl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Turkyl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Turquel | 62 | 11 | / |
| Tirkill | 62 | 1 | / |
| Thirkil | 62 | 0 | / |
| Thirkill | 57 | 686 | / |
| Thurkill | 57 | 37 | / |
| Turcl | 55 | 1 | / |
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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 Türkel
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