Cognomen Orel (Orel 
, אוראל 
, Орел 
) , in the world, is a common surname. The cognomen Orel is habitual in Slovenia, where it is quite a common surname, Ukraine, and Czechia, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Ukraine, Russia, and Slovenia. Much less frequently, Orel is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Orel | Philippines, Czechia, Turkey, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Slovenia |
| אוראל | Israel |
| Орел | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| Орёл | Kazakhstan, Estonia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus |
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jožef orel SI (b. 1797) |
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eduard orel Austrian navy officer, discoverer and polar explorer (1841-1892), AT (b. 1841) |
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dobroslav orel Czech musicologist, professor and choirmaster (1870-1942), CZ (b. 1870) |
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| karel orel CZ (b. 1825) |
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alfred orel Austrian musicologist and librarian, AT (b. 1889) |
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| jan orel CZ (b. 1834) |
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boris orel Slovenian ethnologist and photographer (1903-1962), AT (b. 1903) |
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| rajmund orel Czechoslovak pedagogue (1856-1932), CZ (b. 1856) |
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| josip orel (b. 1854) |
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| dezső orel (b. 1861) |
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tine orel SI (b. 1913) |
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| josef orel Czechoslovak publisher, CZ (b. 1876) |
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| josef orel CZ (b. 1868) |
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| anton orel Austrian politician and sociologist (1881-1959), AT (b. 1881) |
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| eduard orel IT (b. 1877) |
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