Bakhsh Surname
Approximately 203,991 people bear this surname
Bakhsh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 160,843 | 1:1,111 | 173 |
| India | 10,499 | 1:73,061 | 4,958 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9,341 | 1:3,303 | 440 |
| Oman | 9,128 | 1:404 | 46 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7,766 | 1:1,180 | 139 |
| Afghanistan | 1,851 | 1:17,371 | 965 |
| Kuwait | 1,340 | 1:2,836 | 365 |
| Iran | 1,064 | 1:72,164 | 7,514 |
| Qatar | 509 | 1:4,633 | 481 |
| Iraq | 440 | 1:79,595 | 2,600 |
| United States | 267 | 1:1,357,524 | 94,287 |
| Yemen | 195 | 1:135,514 | 7,061 |
| Bahrain | 162 | 1:8,325 | 1,494 |
| England | 152 | 1:366,566 | 26,048 |
| Canada | 99 | 1:372,178 | 33,288 |
| Guyana | 54 | 1:14,115 | 1,941 |
| Scotland | 51 | 1:104,977 | 7,051 |
| Denmark | 48 | 1:117,598 | 10,848 |
| Jordan | 46 | 1:192,227 | 9,325 |
| Israel | 24 | 1:356,568 | 29,419 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
The alternate forms: Bàkhşh (1) are calculated separately.
Bakhsh (3,712) may also be a first name.
Bakhsh Demographics
Bakhsh Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Bakhsh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakhsh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakhsh (Arabic: باخش, Hindi: बख्श, Marathi: बख्श, Oriya: ବଖସ, Russian: Бахш) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Bàkhşh. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakhsh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,739th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 35,725 people. Bakhsh occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Bakhsh reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 81 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Bakhsh is also the 115,651st most widely held first name globally It is held by 3,712 people.
It is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is held by 160,843 people, or 1 in 1,111. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Sindh, where 40 percent live, Balochistan, where 34 percent live and Punjab, where 23 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan it occurs in 47 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent live.
Bakhsh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Bakhsh surname is predominantly Sunni (90%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Bakhsh last name are 0.98999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.24% registered with the party.
The amount Bakhsh earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 3.25% less than the national average, earning 334,838 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 15.28% less than the national average, earning R 201,336 per year; in United States they earn 30.04% more than the national average, earning $56,113 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.11% more than the national average, earning $54,704 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bakhsh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bakhsh in the Hindi language | ||
| बख्श | bakhsa | 99.06 |
| बख़्श | bakhsa | 0.35 |
| बख्श् | bakhs | 0.19 |
| बखश | bakhasa | 0.09 |
| बक्स | baksa | 0.09 |
| बक्श | baksa | 0.08 |
| वख्श | vakhsa | 0.06 |
| बख्स | bakhsa | 0.04 |
| वक्स | vaksa | 0.01 |
| बख्श़ | bakhsa | 0.01 |
| Bakhsh in the Marathi language | ||
| बख्श | bakhsa | 96.3 |
| बक्ष | baksa | 1.85 |
| बक्स | baksa | 1.85 |
| Bakhsh in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଖସ | bakhasa | 66.67 |
| ବଖ୍ସ | bakhsa | 33.33 |
| Bakhsh in the Russian language | ||
| Бахш | bahs | - |
| Bakhsh in the Arabic language | ||
| باخش | bakhsh | - |
| بخش | bkhsh | - |
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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 Bakhsh
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