Bakhish Surname
Approximately 343 people bear this surname
Bakhish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 297 | 1:601,495 | 9,598 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Bakhish (253) may also be a first name.
Bakhish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakhish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakhish (Georgian: ბახიშ, Hindi: बख्शीश) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bakhish.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakhish? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bakhish is the 812,930th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,246,490 people. The surname Bakhish is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Bakhish are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 89 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 560,146th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 253 people.
The last name Bakhish is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 297 people, or 1 in 601,495. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 66 percent reside, Sindh, where 19 percent reside and Balochistan, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Pakistan it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 5 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bakhish Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bakhish in the Georgian language | ||
| ბახიშ | bakhish | - |
| Bakhish in the Hindi language | ||
| बख्शीश | bakhsisa | - |
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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 Bakhish
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