Balkisa Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Balkisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balkisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon981:211,92921,585
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Balkisa (1,067) may also be a first name.

Balkisa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Balkisa (Hindi: बलकीसा) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Balkisa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,589,322nd most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Balkisa reside; 76 percent reside in Central Africa and 76 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Balkisa is also the 244,901st most widely held first name in the world, borne by 1,067 people.

The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 211,929. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 85 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 13 percent are found and Far North Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Balkisa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balkisa in the Hindi language
बलकीसाbalakisa39.29
बलकिसाbalakisa39.29
बल्कीसाbalkisa10.71
बल्किसाbalkisa7.14
बलकीशाbalakisa3.57

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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 Balkisa
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