Kortel

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Kortel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 140K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 519K
  • PLPoland1 in 19M

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)

≈160 people, est.

Sources
17 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 140K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kortel 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 Kortel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye≈160 est.≈1 in 519K—Kortel17
EE Estonia≈9 est.≈1 in 140K12——
PL Poland21 in 19M2——
GY Guyana——1——

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: Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

Kortel is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria, Australia

    Languages: German, English

    Also written Körtel, Koertel

  • Russian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Кортель, Cortell, Кортел, Kortel'

  • Bulgarian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria

    Also written Кортел

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Kortél

10 further groups 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 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Kortel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—12#9,351
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—7#13,677
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#348,264

Reference works 1

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

In which country does Kortel have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 158 people named Kortel in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kortel.
How common is the name Kortel?
In Poland, the national register counted 2 people named Kortel in 2026, about 1 in 19 million 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, “Kortel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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