Arakkal Surname

137,214th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Arakkal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arakkal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia2,0271:15,2222,105
India5101:1,504,05056,543
Bahrain2351:5,7391,064
United Arab Emirates2051:44,6944,530
Qatar941:25,0852,628
Kuwait671:56,7276,926
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Malaysia231:1,282,35854,976
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
England111:5,065,278148,650
Oman101:368,7975,193
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Botswana41:546,73222,624
China21:683,660,78330,601
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Arakkal (155) may also be a first name.

Arakkal Last Name Facts

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

Arakkal (Marathi: अरकेल) has its highest incidence in Saudi Arabia. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arakkal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 137,214th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,230,654 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Arakkal live; 81 percent live in West Asia and 81 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Arakkal is also the 738,219th most common given name worldwide It is held by 155 people.

This surname is most numerous in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 2,027 people, or 1 in 15,222. Excluding Saudi Arabia this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent reside and Bahrain, where 7 percent reside.

Arakkal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Arakkal last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Arakkal earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 109.31% more than the national average, earning R 497,400 per year and in United States they earn 15.29% less than the national average, earning $36,552 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Arakkal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arakkal in the Marathi language
अरकेलarakela28.57
अरक्arak14.29
मायकलmayakala14.29
ऍरकलerakala14.29
आरकलarakala14.29
अराकेळarakela14.29

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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 Arakkal
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