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

Primal (Bengali: পরিমল, Hindi: प्रिमल, Marathi: मल, Oriya: ପିମାଲ) is found most in Indonesia. It can also be found in the variant forms: Přímal. Click here to see other potential spellings of Primal.

How Common Is The Last Name Primal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Primal is the 1,596,935th most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name Primal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Primal reside; 53 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 53 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Primal is also the 110,435th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 3,999 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 1,973,869. In Indonesia Primal is most numerous in: West Java, where 96 percent live and West Sumatra, where 4 percent live. Aside from Indonesia Primal occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 44 percent live and Trinidad and Tobago, where 2 percent live.

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

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Primal
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