Bakir is used as a family name or surname in Egypt. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bakir
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Egypt
Meaning: Arab person's name can be interpreted in various ways, depending on pronunciation. One can think of bkr root, which contains the idea of anticipation, precocity (Bakir, Bakkar = early, early). But there also Baqir, named after a famous imam, would mean 'one who has extensive knowledge'. Finally, note Bakr (= camel, which is found in the name of abu Bakr, father-Mohammed) and BQR root (= beef). Other forms and derivatives: Baker, Bakiri, Bakri (Bacri also among Jews of North Africa), Bakar, Bakari.

How popular is Bakir?

Bakir is common in Egypt.

Bakir is ranked 4869 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bakirs grew by 33.17972 per cent to 289 since 2000 and ranked 68122 after elevating 12978 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.16 74.65
Others 5.19 15.67
Black 3.81 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.46 3.69
Bakir is quite popular family name mostly used in Turkey while Iraq is ahead in terms of density. Around 111888 people have been found who wears Bakir as their family name. Bakir is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
18,072 Azerbaijan9
5,340 Iceland6
27,602 Nigeria4
14,400 Uzbekistan3
3,689 Turkmenistan3
9,097 Wales3
4,138 Bahrain3
35,184 Poland3
7,574 Bangladesh2
2,449 Yemen2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
89,020 Tanzania2
4,367 Afghanistan2
23,344 Austria2
14,408 Uruguay2
20,595 China2
20,186 Kenya2
34,681 Norway2
24,766 Scotland2
40,256 Mexico2
14,004 Hungary2
7,895 South Korea1
2,196 Liberia1
16,073 Latvia1
846 American Samoa1
10,683 Cyprus1
25,746 Finland1
3,307 Malta1
62,864 New Zealand1
17,236 Ghana1
11,923 Slovenia1
50,549 Georgia1
90,903 Moldova1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,527 Denmark44
11,387 Ireland22
15,050 Singapore18
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
2,566 Qatar97
67,110 Italy90
28,444 Australia82
20,785 Belgium82
72,032 Ukraine64
104,075 Brazil64
17,264 Israel59
38,452 Spain57
Countries with hundreds of Bakir:
48,929 India628
1,805 United Arab Emirates589
4,469 Malaysia506
6,104 Kazakhstan439
5,174 Sri Lanka391
65,221 United States384
2,254 Bosnia318
18,573 England290
3,432 Kyrgyzstan284
3,434 Bolivia195
1,984 Kuwait192
16,801 Netherlands164
77,359 Russia164
3,016 Oman155
8,235 Switzerland144
24,691 Canada140
342 Brunei119
40,399 Argentina119
8,002 Sweden116
4,554 Lebanon105
Countries with thousands of Bakir:
296 Syria9,700
608 Algeria8,747
4,114 Indonesia3,522
1,370 Morocco3,423
1,936 Saudi Arabia1,847
1,111 Tunisia1,816
636 Jordan1,603
6,512 Germany1,446
545 Libya1,350
5,032 Pakistan1,132
8,374 France1,065
Countries with ten thousands of Bakir:
299 Turkey38,046
229 Iraq18,610
795 Egypt13,279
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Bakir Namesakes

  • Ron Bakir, Entrepreneur
  • Feride Bakır, Soccer player
  • Falah Mustafa Bakir, Politician
  • Pelin Gündeş Bakır, Turkish Politician
  • Barış Bakır, Soccer player
  • Kamal Bakir, Film Score Composer
  • Muhammad Bakir, Film director
  • Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib, Olympic athlete
  • Ali Bakir, Actor
  • Tursunbai Bakir Uulu, Politician

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