Çal Surname
Approximately 9,665 people bear this surname
Çal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 9,663 | 1:8,054 | 1,094 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Cal (42,073) are calculated separately.
Çal (12) may also be a first name.
Çal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Çal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Çal is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Cal. For other potential spellings of Çal click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Çal? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 52,901st most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 754,014 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Çal live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Çal is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 9,663 people, or 1 in 8,054. In Turkey Çal is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 12 percent reside and Denizli Province, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Turkey it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Çal
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