Özel Surname
Approximately 66,228 people bear this surname
Özel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 65,336 | 1:1,191 | 174 |
| Germany | 447 | 1:180,102 | 21,058 |
| Northern Cyprus | 154 | 1:2,072 | 243 |
| Austria | 103 | 1:82,674 | 12,370 |
| Sweden | 93 | 1:105,879 | 7,628 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
The alternate forms: Ozel (758) & Ožel (1) are calculated separately.
Özel (2,507) may also be a first name.
Özel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Özel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Özel is most common in Turkey. It may occur as a variant: Ozel or Ožel. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Özel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,596th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 110,037 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Özel reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 147,394th most frequent first name on earth, held by 2,507 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 65,336 people, or 1 in 1,191. In Turkey Özel is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent live, Izmir Province, where 7 percent live and Ankara Province, where 7 percent live. Beside Turkey this last name occurs in 28 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozel | 92 | 758 | / |
| Özgel | 89 | 1,381 | / |
| Özsel | 89 | 82 | / |
| Özelt | 89 | 70 | / |
| Özcel | 89 | 33 | / |
| Hözel | 89 | 24 | / |
| Ötzel | 89 | 7 | / |
| Özell | 89 | 1 | / |
| Özl | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ožel | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hötzel | 80 | 1,789 | / |
| Ögel | 75 | 1,789 | / |
| Özil | 75 | 1,547 | / |
| Öcel | 75 | 1,354 | / |
| Ezel | 75 | 1,289 | / |
| Azel | 75 | 373 | / |
| Özül | 75 | 60 | / |
| Ösel | 75 | 29 | / |
| Hözl | 75 | 7 | / |
| Hazel | 67 | 18,187 | / |
| Ezell | 67 | 14,950 | / |
| Etzel | 67 | 5,711 | / |
| Azael | 67 | 2,341 | / |
| Hezel | 67 | 1,854 | / |
| Hösel | 67 | 1,492 | / |
| Özyol | 67 | 1,250 | / |
| Oziel | 67 | 784 | / |
| Högel | 67 | 600 | / |
| Özçil | 67 | 450 | / |
| Özgil | 67 | 283 | / |
| Edzel | 67 | 229 | / |
| Ozeel | 67 | 206 | / |
| Özleş | 67 | 157 | / |
| Azeel | 67 | 120 | / |
| Aziel | 67 | 109 | / |
| Otzel | 67 | 95 | / |
| Atzel | 67 | 85 | / |
| Özçöl | 67 | 71 | / |
| Oezel | 67 | 53 | / |
| Ozell | 67 | 43 | / |
| Adzel | 67 | 31 | / |
| Ezzel | 67 | 24 | / |
| Özcül | 67 | 15 | / |
| Öçsel | 67 | 13 | / |
| Öchel | 67 | 12 | / |
| Eziel | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ätzel | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ögell | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hozel | 67 | 5 | / |
| Azuel | 67 | 4 | / |
| Azzel | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ezael | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ozael | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ezeel | 67 | 2 | / |
| Azell | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahzel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Öğgel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Öçgel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Höszl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ozsel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ozzel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eezel | 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
- 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 Özel
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