Amakal Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Niger

Amakal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amakal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Niger81:2,399,00243,750
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Amakal (144) may also be a first name.

Amakal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Amakal is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Amakal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amakal? popularity and diffusion

The surname Amakal is the 4,116,508th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Amakal occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Amakal reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 769,375th most common first name worldwide, borne by 144 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 4,337,698. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Amudat District, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Uganda Amakal exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 35 percent are found and Kenya, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amakale9227/
Amatkal9227/
Aimakal921/
Hamakal921/
Aimakkal8620/
Amakalle861/
Aamakale861/
Emakal839/
Amakol835/
Amokal834/
Amaqal833/
Omakal833/
Amacal831/
Amoukal77243/
Aimekal777/
Amascal775/
Ammakol774/
Amakole773/
Amadkol772/
Amacale772/
Gomakal772/
Omakale771/
Emakcal771/
Gamakol771/
Amaskol771/
Amajkol771/
Amaqale771/
Amokale771/
Ammokal771/
Hemakal771/
Amekhal771/
Hamakole71134/
Amaikoul713/
Amokhale711/
Ammacall711/
Amatkhol711/
Amatkkol711/
Amokol67731/
Amacol6786/
Omacal6738/
Omakol6710/
Amekol671/
Emakol671/
Emacal671/

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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 Amakal
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