Balakani Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Israel

Balakani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balakani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India61:127,844,230863,365
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Balakani (40) may also be a first name.

Balakani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Balakani (Hindi: बलकानी, Marathi: बालकनी, Oriya: ବାଲକନି) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Balakani? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Balakani reside; 37 percent reside in South Asia and 32 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Balakani is also the 1,614,485th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 40 people.

The surname is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India it is most numerous in: Telangana, where 67 percent live and Maharashtra, where 33 percent live. Besides India this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 32 percent live and Israel, where 26 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Balakani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balakani in the Hindi language
बलकानीbalakani-
Balakani in the Marathi language
बालकनीbalakani66.67
बलकानीbalakani33.33
Balakani in the Oriya language
ବାଲକନିbalakani33.33
ବଲକନୀbalakani33.33
ବାଳକାନୀତାିbalakanitai33.33

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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 Balakani
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