Primal Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Primal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Primal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia671:1,973,869124,197
India561:13,697,596234,369
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Přímal (7) are calculated separately.

Primal (3,999) may also be a first name.

Primal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Primal (Bengali: পরিমল, Hindi: प्रिमल, Marathi: मल, Oriya: ପିମାଲ) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Přímal. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Primal? popularity and diffusion

Primal is the 1,596,935th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Primal live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Primal is also the 110,435th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 3,999 people.

This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 1,973,869. In Indonesia Primal is most common in: West Java, where 96 percent are found and West Sumatra, where 4 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 44 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Preimal9237/
Primale925/
Primaal921/
Primhal921/
Prismal921/
Přímal897/
Prismall86141/
Primatel8620/
Primhall862/
Premal83101/
Prumal838/
Primol835/
Primeault800/
Preumal7731/
Preemal771/
Prrumal771/
Premall771/
Prymale771/
Presmal771/
Premasil7126/
Praimool711/
Prrumall711/
Presmall711/
Primholdt6714/
Premol676/
Primolová671/
Premole6270/
Premool621/
Premholt5712/
Premosil571/
Premoult570/
Přímalová539/

Primal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Primal in the Bengali language
পরিমলparimala-
Primal in the Oriya language
ପିମାଲpimala-
Primal in the Hindi language
प्रिमलprimala81.82
प्रिमालprimala9.09
प्रीमलprimala9.09
Primal in the Marathi language
मलmala42.22
पिरमलpiramala33.33
ीमलimala15.56
ेिमलाeimala2.22
परीमलparimala2.22
िवमलivamala2.22
िमलाimala2.22

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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
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  • 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 Primal
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