Bk Surname

96,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,903 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,9701:89,9206,272
Indonesia1,1501:114,99911,683
Egypt9761:94,1968,120
India5951:1,289,18650,713
Malaysia1961:150,4819,410
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Bk (3,360) may also be a first name.

Bk Last Name Facts

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

Bk (Hindi: बीके, Oriya: ବିେକ, Russian: Бк) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bk? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bk is the 96,900th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,486,344 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Bk reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 123,053rd most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 3,360 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,970 people, or 1 in 89,920. In Nigeria Bk is most common in: Borno, where 88 percent reside, Katsina, where 6 percent reside and Jigawa, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside and Egypt, where 20 percent reside.

Bk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Bk surname is primarily Muslim (99%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bæk801,240/
Hbk80192/
Bkk8058/
Bke8036/
Bck8029/
Bkh8028/
Bhk8023/
Bpk8019/
Bkc809/
Bkg807/
Bqk806/
Bkq806/
Bgk805/
Bkx804/
Bøk801/
Bőke67124/
Bæck6732/
Bækø6724/
Bååk6724/
Bqck6712/
Båke679/
Bkhs675/
Bőck674/
Bhks673/
Bøck673/
Bqkx672/
Bcke672/
Bqke672/
Bkhh672/
Bkgz672/
Bkkx672/
Bkkk672/
Hbkx672/
Hbkc672/
Bpkz671/
Hbkq671/
Hbkk671/
Hbkh671/
Hbkg671/
Bktt671/
Bkth671/
Bpkt671/
Bkke671/
Åbæk671/
Bkcp671/
Bgck671/
Bgkc671/
Bgkp671/
Bgkx671/
Bgqk671/
Bcck671/
Bckg671/
Bkqu671/
Bpkx671/
Bqkk671/
Bqkp671/
Bqkq671/
Bkcc671/
Bkcg671/
Bkgt671/
Bkhe671/
Bkkg671/
Bkqs671/

Bk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bk in the Oriya language
ବିେକbieka-
Bk in the Hindi language
बीकेbike90.08
बीbi9.92
Bk in the Russian language
Бкbk-

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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 Bk
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