Bilal Surname
Approximately 498,151 people bear this surname
Bilal Surname User-submission:
The surname Bilal is derived from a personal name based on the Arabic word bilal, meaning 'moist'. This was the name of one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, who became the first muezzin (caller to prayer) in Islam.
Bilal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 283,175 | 1:631 | 100 |
| Mauritania | 41,023 | 1:100 | 12 |
| Sudan | 40,040 | 1:937 | 118 |
| Egypt | 16,169 | 1:5,686 | 714 |
| Niger | 10,489 | 1:1,830 | 211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8,931 | 1:1,026 | 115 |
| Syria | 8,439 | 1:2,287 | 278 |
| Ethiopia | 8,371 | 1:11,653 | 1,726 |
| India | 7,939 | 1:96,620 | 6,367 |
| Afghanistan | 6,462 | 1:4,976 | 473 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6,002 | 1:5,141 | 708 |
| Yemen | 5,742 | 1:4,602 | 668 |
| Morocco | 5,691 | 1:6,058 | 726 |
| Nigeria | 4,698 | 1:37,706 | 3,049 |
| Oman | 3,914 | 1:942 | 133 |
| Chad | 3,466 | 1:3,922 | 647 |
| Libya | 3,406 | 1:1,833 | 558 |
| Turkey | 2,955 | 1:26,336 | 3,000 |
| Mali | 2,775 | 1:6,115 | 382 |
| Iraq | 2,630 | 1:13,316 | 940 |
| Indonesia | 2,543 | 1:52,005 | 5,803 |
| Somaliland | 2,440 | 1:1,435 | 175 |
| Somalia | 1,863 | 1:7,221 | 574 |
| United States | 1,774 | 1:204,317 | 20,054 |
| Iran | 1,719 | 1:44,667 | 5,095 |
| Bangladesh | 1,712 | 1:93,082 | 4,097 |
| Algeria | 1,427 | 1:27,072 | 4,911 |
| Kuwait | 1,292 | 1:2,942 | 383 |
| Kenya | 1,236 | 1:37,362 | 3,991 |
| Tanzania | 1,205 | 1:43,935 | 4,998 |
| Qatar | 927 | 1:2,544 | 230 |
| England | 806 | 1:69,129 | 7,983 |
| Lebanon | 736 | 1:7,659 | 1,218 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Jordan | 502 | 1:17,614 | 2,739 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Palestine | 378 | 1:12,034 | 2,289 |
| Djibouti | 350 | 1:2,614 | 242 |
| Spain | 329 | 1:142,103 | 10,624 |
| Philippines | 285 | 1:355,222 | 47,564 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 283 | 1:12,496 | 2,440 |
| Bahrain | 264 | 1:5,108 | 938 |
| Burkina Faso | 201 | 1:91,304 | 3,012 |
| Canada | 188 | 1:195,987 | 19,219 |
| Kazakhstan | 175 | 1:101,043 | 11,191 |
| Thailand | 146 | 1:483,824 | 84,756 |
| Australia | 137 | 1:197,049 | 19,369 |
| Malaysia | 137 | 1:215,286 | 12,518 |
| Uganda | 129 | 1:302,630 | 20,937 |
| Greece | 124 | 1:89,353 | 15,110 |
| Cameroon | 117 | 1:177,513 | 18,775 |
| Germany | 108 | 1:745,421 | 56,003 |
| Romania | 99 | 1:202,807 | 20,158 |
| Sweden | 91 | 1:108,206 | 7,807 |
| Russia | 86 | 1:1,675,849 | 110,706 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 82 | 1:72,837 | 9,616 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| France | 58 | 1:1,145,219 | 121,886 |
| Israel | 56 | 1:152,815 | 15,997 |
| Norway | 52 | 1:98,890 | 13,481 |
| Belgium | 46 | 1:249,927 | 30,800 |
| Uzbekistan | 38 | 1:813,925 | 16,450 |
| Montenegro | 37 | 1:17,286 | 2,040 |
| Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
| Scotland | 30 | 1:178,461 | 9,900 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| Northern Cyprus | 22 | 1:14,500 | 3,711 |
| China | 21 | 1:65,110,551 | 3,537 |
| Bulgaria | 20 | 1:348,945 | 17,019 |
| Croatia | 20 | 1:211,430 | 24,636 |
| Ecuador | 19 | 1:837,150 | 13,424 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Italy | 16 | 1:3,822,293 | 103,776 |
| Maldives | 16 | 1:25,261 | 1,532 |
| Tunisia | 16 | 1:38,164 | 5,464 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Albania | 12 | 1:242,838 | 14,515 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| North Macedonia | 9 | 1:233,497 | 14,572 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Bilãl (1) are calculated separately.
Bilal (647,216) may also be a first name.
Bilal Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Bilal is derived from a personal name based on the Arabic word bilal, meaning 'moist'. This was the name of one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, who became the first muezzin (caller to prayer) in Islam.
- haffman97The origin of the Bilyal surname is Arabic. It comes from the Arabic name Bilal (Bilâl), which has several meanings such as 'full moon', 'victorious', and 'water'.
- atcheb19Bilal Demographics
Average Bilal Salary in
United States
$40,166 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bilal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bilal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bilal (Arabic: بالل, Bengali: বিলাল, Georgian: ბილალ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﻝ, Hindi: बिलाल, Marathi: िबलाल, Oriya: ବିଲାଲ, Russian: Билал) is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Bilãl. For other possible spellings of Bilal click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bilal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bilal is the 1,075th most common last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 14,629 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Bilal live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Bilal is also the 1,518th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 647,216 people.
It is most common in Pakistan, where it is carried by 283,175 people, or 1 in 631. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Punjab, where 64 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 22 percent live and Sindh, where 10 percent live. Apart from Pakistan this surname occurs in 126 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 8 percent live and Sudan, where 8 percent live.
Bilal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Bilal last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (69%) in Kenya, Shiite (55%) in Lebanon and Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Bilal surname are 12.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 65.89% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bilal earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.57% less than the national average, earning 261,054 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 86.88% less than the national average, earning R 31,188 per year; in United States they earn 6.91% less than the national average, earning $40,166 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.71% less than the national average, earning $41,877 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bilal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bilal in the Georgian language | ||
| ბილალ | bilal | - |
| Bilal in the Hindi language | ||
| बिलाल | bilala | 97.9 |
| बीलाल | bilala | 1.4 |
| विलाल | vilala | 0.47 |
| बेलाल | belala | 0.02 |
| बिलालृ | bilalr | 0.01 |
| बिलात | bilata | 0.01 |
| बिलाल़़ | bilala | 0.01 |
| ॰बीलाल | bilala | 0.01 |
| बिलला | bilala | 0.01 |
| बिलाल़ | bilala | 0.01 |
| बिलल | bilala | 0.01 |
| ़बिलाल | bilala | 0.01 |
| बीलल | bilala | 0.01 |
| Bilal in the Bengali language | ||
| বিলাল | bilala | 96.88 |
| বিল্লাল | billala | 3.13 |
| Bilal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻼﻝ | blal | 96.56 |
| ﺍﺑﻼﻝ | ablal | 2.53 |
| ﺑﻴﻼﻝ | bylal | 0.76 |
| ﺃﺑﻼﻝ | ablal | 0.08 |
| ﺍﺑﻸﻝ | ablal | 0.02 |
| ﺑﻴﻠﻞ | byll | 0.02 |
| ﺍﺑﻠﻴﻞ | ablyl | 0.01 |
| ﺑﻼﻟﺮ | blalr | 0.01 |
| Bilal in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିଲାଲ | bilala | 91.8 |
| ବିଲାଲ୍ | bilal | 4.92 |
| ବିଳାଲ | bilala | 0.82 |
| ବଲାଲ | balala | 0.82 |
| Bilal in the Marathi language | ||
| िबलाल | ibalala | 90.71 |
| बीलाल | bilala | 6.37 |
| लाल | lala | 0.26 |
| िलाल | ilala | 0.14 |
| बाल | bala | 0.06 |
| बलाल | balala | 0.05 |
| लाला | lala | 0.03 |
| िबला | ibala | 0.03 |
| जिलल | jilala | 0.03 |
| बल | bala | 0.03 |
| बीलल | bilala | 0.02 |
| डीलाल | dilala | 0.02 |
| बला | bala | 0.02 |
| बेलाल | belala | 0.02 |
| बीलळ | bilala | 0.02 |
| Bilal in the Russian language | ||
| Билал | bilal | - |
| Bilal in the Arabic language | ||
| بالل | ball | - |
| ببلال | bblal | - |
| بلال | blal | - |
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