Hannibal Surname
Approximately 4,624 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,954 | 1:185,496 | 18,476 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| Denmark | 422 | 1:13,376 | 1,289 |
| France | 310 | 1:214,267 | 33,331 |
| England | 286 | 1:194,818 | 17,152 |
| Germany | 263 | 1:306,104 | 31,180 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 118 | 1:11,559 | 1,571 |
| South Africa | 90 | 1:601,974 | 45,802 |
| Canada | 62 | 1:594,284 | 49,093 |
| Grenada | 46 | 1:2,359 | 388 |
| Guyana | 35 | 1:21,778 | 2,654 |
| Australia | 34 | 1:793,991 | 50,673 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Venezuela | 24 | 1:1,258,503 | 17,711 |
| Uruguay | 22 | 1:155,989 | 13,535 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Austria | 18 | 1:473,080 | 46,251 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17 | 1:6,627 | 683 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| British Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:4,513 | 453 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 63 | 1:386,911 | 23,603 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 212 | 1:236,881 | 19,844 |
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]
Hannibal Demographics
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Hannibal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hannibal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hannibal (Arabic: هنيبل) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Hannibál. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hannibal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 102,014th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,576,026 people. Hannibal occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Hannibal are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Hannibal is also the 150,006th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 2,436 people.
This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 1,954 people, or 1 in 185,496. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 13 percent are found, New York, where 10 percent are found and Maryland, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States it exists in 63 countries. It is also common in Sri Lanka, where 11 percent are found and Denmark, where 9 percent are found.
Hannibal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hannibal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hannibal last name expanded 922 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 454 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hannibal Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Hannibal are 3.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.4% registered with the political 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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hannibal in the Arabic language | ||
| هنيبل | hnybl | - |
| هنيبعل | hnybl | - |
| هنيبال | hnybal | - |
| هانيبال | hanybal | - |
| هانيبعل | hanybl | - |
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