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
The last name Bakaal (Marathi: बकाल) is held by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakaal? popularity and diffusion
Bakaal is the 315,974th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,139,466 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakaal are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Bakaal is also the 722,635th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 161 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Somalia, where it is borne by 637 people, or 1 in 21,118. Outside of Somalia Bakaal 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
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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 Bakaal
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