Türkel
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Türkel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Two main origins: * From a reduced form of the Old Norse personal name Þórketill, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and ketill (“cauldron”).
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 9.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- CYCyprus≈1 in 45K
- EEEstonia≈1 in 140K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 69 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Turkel in US United States.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Two main origins: * From a reduced form of the Old Norse personal name Þórketill, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and ketill (“cauldron”). * A Jewish Ashkenazi surname, possibly from Yiddish טערקלטויב (terkltoyb, “turtle dove”).
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Türkel 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | ≈8,700 est. | ≈1 in 9.4K | — | Türkel | 29 |
| US United States | 408 | 1 in 815K | 448 | Turkel | 18 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 208K | 12 | — | 3 |
| CY Cyprus | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Türkel | 5 |
| IN India | 26 | 1 in 51M | 26 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 17 | 1 in 494K | 17 | Türkel | 3 |
| EE Estonia | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 140K | 17 | Türkel | 3 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics; 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Siegfried Türkelb. 1875ATAustrian jurist (1875-1933)
- Valtr Türkelb. 1887CZHolocaust victim (born 1887)
- Bruno Türkelb. 1887CZHolocaust victim (born 1887)
- Kurt Türkelb. 1915CZHolocaust victim (born 1915)
- Manfred Türkelb. 1916CZHolocaust victim (born 1916)
- Jindřich Türkelb. 1924CZHolocaust victim (born 1924)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 17 | #41,155 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 17 | #6,696 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 16 | #6,913 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Türkel mean, and where does it come from?
- Two main origins: * From a reduced form of the Old Norse personal name Þórketill, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and ketill (“cauldron”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Türkel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.7 thousand people named Türkel in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled türkel.
- How common is the name Türkel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 408 people named Türkel in 2010, about 1 in 815 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, “Türkel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.