Abakal Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Niger

Abakal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abakal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Abakal (10) may also be a first name.

Abakal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abakal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Abakal (Hindi: अबकाल, Oriya: ଅବକଲ) is found most in Morocco. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Abakal.

How Common Is The Last Name Abakal? popularity and diffusion

The surname Abakal is the 4,034,050th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Abakal occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Abakal reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.

The last name Abakal is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 3,830,678. Other than Morocco Abakal is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abakale9223/
Aibhakal861/
Abakol836/
Abacal835/
Abokal833/
Ebakal832/
Abekal831/
Abakalova802/
Abaakhail801/
Hasbakkal801/
Abascal779,021/
Aboukal77355/
Abuokal7714/
Abakole7713/
Abhakol7710/
Abazcal777/
Abokail774/
Abakoul771/
Ahbaqal771/
Aboukail7147/
Aboukale7118/
Aboukahl715/
Aboukhal711/
Abocal6711/
Avakol678/
Abokol676/
Obakol673/
Abokalova671/
Abacol671/
Avacal671/
Abouqal62171/
Aivacal6266/
Obaikol6234/
Aboscal622/
Aboucal622/
Abacole621/
Oubekal621/
Abeqqal621/
Abokole621/
Obakole621/
Obokhal621/
Obokhale5785/
Obhokhal571/
Aboukheil5314/
Aboukhail532/
Obokol508/

Abakal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Abakal in the Hindi language
अबकालabakala-
Abakal in the Oriya language
ଅବକଲabakala-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abakal
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