Bakaal Surname
Approximately 1,187 people bear this surname
Bakaal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 637 | 1:21,118 | 1,217 |
| Somaliland | 547 | 1:6,399 | 474 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Bakaal (161) may also be a first name.
Bakaal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakaal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakaal (Marathi: बकाल) has its highest incidence in Somalia. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bakaal click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakaal? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bakaal is the 315,974th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,139,466 people. The last name Bakaal occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakaal live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Bakaal is also the 722,635th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 161 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Somalia, where it is carried by 637 people, or 1 in 21,118. Barring Somalia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Somaliland, where 46 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bakaal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bakaal in the Marathi language | ||
| बकाल | bakala | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Bakaal
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