Bankal Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Bankal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bankal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India571:13,457,287231,997
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Bankal (58) may also be a first name.

Bankal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bankal (Hindi: बंकल, Marathi: बंकाल, Russian: Банкаль) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bankal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,620,164th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Bankal reside; 48 percent reside in South Asia and 47 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Bankal is also the 1,295,729th most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 58 people.

The last name Bankal is most frequent in India, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 13,457,287. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 49 percent reside, Haryana, where 33 percent reside and Karnataka, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account India it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 31 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.

Bankal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bankal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bankal surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bankal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bankal in the Hindi language
बंकलbankala90.91
बन्कलbankala9.09
Bankal in the Marathi language
बंकालbankala41.94
बंकलbankala32.26
बंकाळbankala25.81
Bankal in the Russian language
Банкальbankal-

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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 Bankal
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