Särel

surname · Latin script

Särel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Old English Sarlo, Sarle and Serle, from Anglo-Scandinavian or Norman Sarli and Sarle, ultimately from Old Norse. The given name sense is derived from Afrikaans Sarel.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 665K(measured from records)

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

26 people

Sources
6 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

1 in 665K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sarel in ZA South Africa.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Särel: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Särel
  1. Old EnglishSarlo(measured from records)
  2. Anglo-Scandinavianor(measured from records)
  3. OldNorse(measured from records)
  4. AfrikaansSarel(measured from records)

From Old English Sarlo, Sarle and Serle, from Anglo-Scandinavian or Norman Sarli and Sarle, ultimately from Old Norse. The given name sense is derived from Afrikaans Sarel.

Sources 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Särel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Särel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands261 in 665K26——
ZA South Africa———Sarel6
EE Estonia——22Särel3
IN India——80—1
GB United Kingdom——60—1

26 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); the ee-stat-nimed register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Särel is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, France, Congo - Kinshasa, United States

    Also written Sarel

  • English given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, United States, Australia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Sarel, Sar-El, Saerel

  • Norwegian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa

    Languages: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

    Also written Sarel

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Särel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—22#4,922
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—19#5,947

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Särel mean, and where does it come from?
From Old English Sarlo, Sarle and Serle, from Anglo-Scandinavian or Norman Sarli and Sarle, ultimately from Old Norse. The given name sense is derived from Afrikaans Sarel. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
In which country does Särel have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 26 people named Särel, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Särel most common?
Särel is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 665 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Särel?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 26 people named Särel, about 1 in 665 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Särel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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