Örtel Surname

707,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Örtel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Örtel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2621:307,27331,264
Turkey1271:612,76732,803
Austria231:370,23639,193
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Ortel (1,518) are calculated separately.

Örtel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Örtel is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Ortel. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Örtel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 707,442nd most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Örtel live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 262 people, or 1 in 307,273. In Germany Örtel is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 17 percent live and Hesse, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 31 percent live and Austria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ortel931,518/
Hörtel9130/
Örtelt9111/
Örtell9110/
Örtl8945/
Hörtell832/
Ertel8011,496/
Artel80509/
Örtül8046/
Hörtl8046/
Hertel7324,040/
Oertel7312,392/
Härtel738,991/
Artiel735,655/
Hartel734,937/
Ortell73771/
Hortel73636/
Artell73295/
Ertell73206/
Arteel73167/
Orthel73160/
Orttel7396/
Erthel7366/
Erdtel7339/
Aertel7335/
Ortael7314/
Arthel733/
Erttel731/
Ortiel730/
Ertl6716,610/
Haertel672,394/
Hartell67893/
Heurtel67852/
Herthel67423/
Hertell67336/
Artl67202/
Härtelt67149/
Hoertel67135/
Harteel67131/
Oerthel67115/
Hartiel67103/
Hortell6778/
Oertell6765/
Härtell6717/
Ortl6710/
Horthel679/
Artuell673/
Herztel673/
Harthel672/
Hortael671/
Orthell671/
Orthiel671/
Härthel671/
Hertael671/
Harttel670/
Arthuel670/
Aertell670/
Harrtel670/
Orttell670/
Hartuel670/
Hartael670/
Herttel670/

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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 Örtel
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