Çankal Surname
Approximately 1,837 people bear this surname
Çankal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,836 | 1:42,386 | 4,340 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
The alternate forms: Cankal (20) are calculated separately.
Çankal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Çankal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Çankal occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Cankal. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Çankal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 221,950th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 3,967,091 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Çankal reside; 92 percent reside in West Asia and 92 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,836 people, or 1 in 42,386. In Turkey Çankal is most numerous in: Ankara Province, where 17 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 11 percent reside and Corum Province, where 8 percent reside. Barring Turkey this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Libya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cankal | 94 | 20 | / |
| Sankal | 83 | 1,639 | / |
| Şankal | 83 | 38 | / |
| Zankal | 83 | 9 | / |
| Sankhal | 77 | 4,676 | / |
| Sankale | 77 | 4,019 | / |
| Sangkal | 77 | 100 | / |
| Shankal | 77 | 54 | / |
| Cangkal | 77 | 8 | / |
| Chankal | 77 | 7 | / |
| Saunkal | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saynkal | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saunkhal | 71 | 19 | / |
| Sahankal | 71 | 19 | / |
| Sankhale | 71 | 15 | / |
| Seankale | 71 | 14 | / |
| Shankhal | 71 | 9 | / |
| Sankatel | 71 | 5 | / |
| Sangkhal | 71 | 5 | / |
| Chankale | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sankhaal | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shankale | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sangkail | 71 | 1 | / |
| Changkal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saankale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schankal | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sancal | 67 | 1,411 | / |
| Cancal | 67 | 251 | / |
| Sankol | 67 | 135 | / |
| Xancal | 67 | 124 | / |
| Cankol | 67 | 30 | / |
| Sonkal | 67 | 22 | / |
| Shankhaal | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zancal | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sangkahal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sankalova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shankhale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chankalle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zanqal | 67 | 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
- 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 Çankal
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