Hannibal Surname

102,014th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,624 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Hannibal Surname Definition:

(Latin-Sem.) the Latin form of the Phœnician name corresponding to the Hebrew Baal-Hanan = Gracious Baal, or Master of Grace [Hebrew Baal, lord, possessor, master + hhánán, from hhánan, to be gracious to]

Hannibal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9541:185,49618,476
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
Denmark4221:13,3761,289
France3101:214,26733,331
England2861:194,81817,152
Germany2631:306,10431,180
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Trinidad and Tobago1181:11,5591,571
South Africa901:601,97445,802
Canada621:594,28449,093
Grenada461:2,359388
Guyana351:21,7782,654
Australia341:793,99150,673
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Venezuela241:1,258,50317,711
Uruguay221:155,98913,535
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Austria181:473,08046,251
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines171:6,627683
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Wales151:206,30213,003
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
China81:170,915,1968,932
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
British Virgin Islands71:4,513453
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England631:386,91123,603
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2121:236,88119,844

The alternate forms: Hannibál (8) are calculated separately.

Hannibal (2,436) may also be a first name.

Hannibal Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Latin-Sem.) the Latin form of the Phœnician name corresponding to the Hebrew Baal-Hanan = Gracious Baal, or Master of Grace [Hebrew Baal, lord, possessor, master + hhánán, from hhánan, to be gracious to]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Hannibal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hannibal (Arabic: هنيبل) occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Hannibál. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hannibal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 102,014th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,576,026 people. Hannibal is mostly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Hannibal live; 41 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 150,006th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 2,436 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,954 people, or 1 in 185,496. In The United States Hannibal is most common in: California, where 13 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and Maryland, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 63 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 11 percent live and Denmark, where 9 percent live.

Hannibal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hannibal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hannibal surname grew 922 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 454 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hannibal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Hannibal last name are 3.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.4% being registered with the party.

The amount Hannibal earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 11.77% more than the national average, earning R 265,608 per year; in United States they earn 3.75% less than the national average, earning $41,529 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.81% less than the national average, earning $47,295 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Hannibal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hannibal in the Arabic language
هنيبلhnybl-
هنيبعلhnybl-
هنيبالhnybal-
هانيبالhanybal-
هانيبعلhanybl-

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