Öksel Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Öksel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Öksel Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3491:222,98415,939
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Oksel (16) are calculated separately.

Öksel (23) may also be a first name.

Öksel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Öksel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Öksel is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Oksel. Click here for further potential spellings of Öksel.

How Common Is The Last Name Öksel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 801,116th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. The surname Öksel occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Öksel are found; 76 percent are found in West Asia and 76 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Öksel is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 23 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 349 people, or 1 in 222,984. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 46 percent live, Amasya Province, where 29 percent live and Izmir Province, where 9 percent live. Aside from Turkey this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oksel9316/
Aksel805,593/
Öksül80107/
Eksel8021/
Heksel73294/
Acksel73157/
Eksell73139/
Aksell7349/
Ecksel7339/
Haksel7336/
Öchsel7314/
Okssel731/
Eksiel731/
Hecksel67452/
Hoeksel67107/
Högsell6728/
Hacksel677/
Häcksel672/
Aksl671/
Eksl671/
Haksell671/
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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 Öksel
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