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
The surname Türkel is most common in Turkey. It may also be rendered as: Turkel. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Türkel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 58,519th most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 843,564 people. Türkel is predominantly 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 commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 213 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 8,459 people, or 1 in 9,200. In Turkey Türkel is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found, Izmir Province, where 10 percent are found and Samsun Province, where 9 percent are found. Barring Turkey Türkel is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent are found.
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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