Vorkel

surname · Latin script

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

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 764K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 1.5M
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 2.1M

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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈53 people, est.

Sources
20 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 764K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Vörkel in DE Germany.

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

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

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Vorkel 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 Vorkel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈53 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Vörkel20
ZA South Africa≈27 est.≈1 in 2.1M—Vorkel5
CH Switzerland111 in 764K11—1
PH Philippines≈7 est.≈1 in 15M—Vorkel1

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: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Vorkel is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Воркель, Воркел, Vörkel

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Vörkel

3 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)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Vorkel under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Vorkel have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 53 people named Vorkel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vörkel.
Where is Vorkel most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vorkel is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 764 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Vorkel?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 11 people named Vorkel in 2024, about 1 in 764 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, “Vorkel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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