Animal Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Animal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Animal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria121:709,62061,025
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Animal (1,296) may also be a first name.

Animal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Animal (Bengali: অনিমল, Marathi: अिनमल, Oriya: ଅନିମାଳ, Russian: Анимал) is held by more people in Austria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Animal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,602,217th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Animal is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Animal reside; 47 percent reside in Western Europe and 43 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Animal is also the 218,669th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,296 people.

The surname Animal is most frequently held in Austria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 709,620. In Austria Animal is mostly found in: Vienna, where 100 percent are found. Besides Austria this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Animal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Animal in the Bengali language
অনিমলanimala-
Animal in the Oriya language
ଅନିମାଳanimala-
Animal in the Marathi language
अिनमलainamala50
अनीमालanimala50
Animal in the Russian language
Анималanimal-

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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
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  • 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 Animal
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