Anarkali Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Anarkali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anarkali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1421:5,401,869131,616
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England21:27,859,030389,889
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Anarkali (47,617) may also be a first name.

Anarkali Last Name Facts

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

The surname Anarkali (Bengali: আনারকলি, Hindi: अनारकली, Marathi: अनारकली, Oriya: ଅନାରକଲି) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Anarkali? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,343,156th most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Anarkali reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Anarkali is also the 19,259th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 47,617 people.

The surname Anarkali is most common in India, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 5,401,869. In India Anarkali is most numerous in: Uttar Pradesh, where 33 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 30 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent live. Not including India this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Anarkali Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Anarkali in the Hindi language
अनारकलीanarakali99.55
आनारकलीanarakali0.17
अनारकलिanarakali0.04
अनर्कलीanarkali0.03
्अनारकलीanarakali0.01
अनारकलीज़्anarakaliz0.01
अनारक्लीanarakli0
बनारbanara0
आनरकलीanarakali0
अनारकली़anarakali0
जानकीjanaki0
अ्नारकलीanarakali0
चन्द्रकलीcandrakali0
अनरकालीanarakali0
अनार्कलीanarkali0
अनाराकलीanarakali0
Anarkali in the Marathi language
अनारकलीanarakali95.1
अनारकालीanarakali2.94
आनारकलीanarakali0.28
अनारकिलanarakila0.28
पखालीpakhali0.28
अनाटकलीanatakali0.14
अन्सारीansari0.14
Anarkali in the Bengali language
আনারকলিanarakali84.62
আনারকলীanarakali7.69
অনারকলিanarakali7.69
Anarkali in the Oriya language
ଅନାରକଲିanarakali57.14
ଆନାରକଲିanarakali28.57
ଅନାରanara14.29

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