Daskal Surname

220,942nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,848 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Daskal Surname Definition:

(from an ancestor's occupation) Rumanian for a cantor’s assistant; the member of a choir.

Daskal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel6481:13,2062,020
United States5311:682,59754,262
Russia2581:558,61650,186
Ukraine1981:229,91330,531
Moldova1031:34,5765,411
Transnistria331:14,3852,759
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

Daskal Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from an ancestor's occupation) Rumanian for a cantor’s assistant; the member of a choir.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Daskal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Daskal (Bengali: দাসকল, Hindi: दसकल, Russian: Даскал) occurs in Israel more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Daskal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 220,942nd most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,943,477 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 37 percent of Daskal reside; 35 percent reside in West Asia and 35 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia.

Daskal is most frequently held in Israel, where it is carried by 648 people, or 1 in 13,206. In Israel Daskal is mostly concentrated in: Tel Aviv District, where 29 percent are found, Central District, where 27 percent are found and Haifa District, where 13 percent are found. Besides Israel it occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Russia, where 14 percent are found.

Daskal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Daskal last name is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Daskal surname are 42.22% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.45% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Daskal earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 1.11% more than the national average, earning $43,630 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.02% more than the national average, earning $63,604 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daskale9255/
Daszkal9239/
Dhaskal921/
Dascal833,262/
Doskal83154/
Daskol8381/
Deskal832/
Daskalova803,856/
Daskalová803/
Dascall7715/
Dascale772/
Dazzkal772/
Dascaul771/
Dashkol771/
Daşkale771/
Doiskal770/
Doskacil713/
Dasquale711/
Doschkal711/
Daskocil711/
Dočkal671,694/
Dascăl67309/
Doskalova6771/
Dotschkal6759/
Dazcal6710/
Daşkol671/
Dascol671/
Dascalova671/

Daskal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Daskal in the Bengali language
দাসকলdasakala-
Daskal in the Hindi language
दसकलdasakala-
Daskal in the Russian language
Даскалdaskal-

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