Öcal Surname
Approximately 31,960 people bear this surname
Öcal Surname User-submission:
The Öcal surname comes from the words öc, which means 'revenge', and al, which means 'to take'. So the surname means 'to get revenge'.
Öcal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 31,499 | 1:2,471 | 357 |
| Germany | 129 | 1:624,073 | 49,483 |
| Northern Cyprus | 108 | 1:2,954 | 430 |
| Sweden | 82 | 1:120,082 | 8,566 |
| Denmark | 53 | 1:106,504 | 9,962 |
| Austria | 34 | 1:250,454 | 29,541 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Ocal (1,087) are calculated separately.
Öcal (1,410) may also be a first name.
Öcal Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Öcal surname comes from the words öc, which means 'revenge', and al, which means 'to take'. So the surname means 'to get revenge'.
- nezÖcal Demographics
Average Öcal Salary in
Norway
420,297 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Öcal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Öcal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Öcal has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also occur in the variant forms: Ocal. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Öcal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 17,342nd most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 228,021 people. Öcal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Öcal reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 88 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 208,047th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,410 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 31,499 people, or 1 in 2,471. In Turkey Öcal is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 14 percent are found and Adana Province, where 5 percent are found. Barring Turkey this last name exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found.
Öcal Last Name Statistics demography
Öcal earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 21.45% more than the national average, earning 420,297 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocal | 92 | 1,087 | / |
| Özcal | 89 | 216 | / |
| Acal | 75 | 8,331 | / |
| Özal | 75 | 4,218 | / |
| Ecal | 75 | 2,256 | / |
| Özhal | 67 | 148 | / |
| Ackal | 67 | 112 | / |
| Ogcal | 67 | 42 | / |
| Özgal | 67 | 36 | / |
| Akcal | 67 | 31 | / |
| Oecal | 67 | 30 | / |
| Agcal | 67 | 21 | / |
| Hacal | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ocaal | 67 | 9 | / |
| Okcal | 67 | 6 | / |
| Acall | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hocal | 67 | 4 | / |
| Acail | 67 | 4 | / |
| Özalt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Acaal | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ecall | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egcal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ecalh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hecal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uical | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocall | 67 | 0 | / |
| Eckal | 67 | 0 | / |
| Aecal | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Öcal
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