Bakkaloğlu Surname

267,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Bakkaloğlu Surname User-submission:

From Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl). The original sense borrowed into Ottoman Turkish was greengrocer+oğlu, an Azerbaijani and Turkish word meaning 'son of', notably used in Azerbaijani and Turkish names.

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Bakkaloğlu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,3821:56,3115,478
Northern Cyprus801:3,988706

The alternate forms: Bakkaloglu (28) are calculated separately.

Bakkaloğlu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl). The original sense borrowed into Ottoman Turkish was greengrocer+oğlu, an Azerbaijani and Turkish word meaning 'son of', notably used in Azerbaijani and Turkish names. -oglou (-ογλου)

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Bakkaloğlu Last Name Facts

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

Bakkaloğlu is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Bakkaloglu. Click here for further possible spellings of Bakkaloğlu.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakkaloğlu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 267,252nd most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 4,984,642 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Bakkaloğlu live; 73 percent live in West Asia and 73 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 1,382 people, or 1 in 56,311. In Turkey Bakkaloğlu is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 30 percent live, Gaziantep Province, where 8 percent live and Duzce Province, where 8 percent live. Barring Turkey this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bakkaloglu9728/
Bakkalolu954/
Baykaloğlu90136/
Bakkalohlu901/
Bakkoloğlu901/
Baklaoğlu8448/
Bakaloglu843/
Bokkalolu841/
Bakaloglou80137/
Baykaloglu801/
Bakalulu7815/
Bokalolu781/
Büklüoğlu7441/
Bacaloglu749/
Bakıloglu747/
Beklioğlu741/
B Okkalıoglu7335/
Paçalıoğlu7093/
Boğalıoğlu7016/
Bacaloglou706/
Baikuloglu701/
Bokalhollu701/
Bıyıklıoğlu671,464/
Büyüklüoğlu67113/
Buyukaloglu6737/
Bayaklaoglu671/
Bagloglu671/
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