Barkh Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Barkh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 17 | 1:1,891,364 | 13,978 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Barkh (170) may also be a first name.
Barkh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barkh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Barkh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻛﻪ, Hindi: बारख, Marathi: बरखा, Russian: Барх) has its highest incidence in Afghanistan. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Barkh.
How Common Is The Last Name Barkh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,141,416th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. Barkh occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Barkh reside; 77 percent reside in South Asia and 56 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Barkh is also the 701,320th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 170 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 1,891,364. In Afghanistan Barkh is most frequent in: Badakhshan, where 71 percent reside, Logar, where 12 percent reside and Kabul, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Afghanistan this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent reside and Pakistan, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barkh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barkh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﻛﻪ | brkh | - |
| Barkh in the Hindi language | ||
| बारख | barakha | - |
| Barkh in the Marathi language | ||
| बरखा | barakha | - |
| Barkh in the Russian language | ||
| Барх | barh | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Barkh
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