Bilal is used as a family name or surname in Pakistan. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bilal
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Pakistan
Meaning: Name Arab person (Bilal) sometimes written Bilal, Blal. It means "water cooling" and by extension "gift blessing." It was popularized by the first muezzin of Islam, a black native of Abyssinia, symbol of equality between believers regardless of the color of their skin.

How popular is Bilal?

Bilal is common in Pakistan.

Bilal is ranked 1058 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bilals grew by 60.88632 per cent to 1670 since 2000 and ranked 17014 after elevating 5985 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 60.24 70.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 22.63 11.18
White 10.96 8.86
Others 3.35 7.03
Bilal is quite popular family name mostly used in Pakistan while Mauritania is ahead in terms of density. Around 499817 people have been found who wears Bilal as their family name. Bilal is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,800 Maldives9
16,722 Nigeria8
7,022 Senegal7
9,759 Japan5
103,755 Czech Republic5
5,779 Uganda4
2,443 Ethiopia4
248 Somalia4
1,718 Yemen3
9,500 Ghana3
119,730 Brazil3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
6,103 Cyprus2
4,231 Jamaica2
23,344 Austria2
10,858 Tunisia2
3,670 Mozambique2
332 Chad2
4,781 Malawi2
34,572 Israel2
4,435 Togo1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
7,314 Bolivia1
29,595 Iran1
6,033 Benin1
2,057 Isle of Man1
2,613 The Bahamas1
2,040 Mali1
120,357 Argentina1
1,572 Macau1
6,820 Angola1
30,360 Thailand1
20,172 Hungary1
5,924 Paraguay1
66,560 Philippines1
11,831 Tajikistan1
11,486 Estonia1
880 Djibouti1
2,715 Gabon1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,895 South Korea1
2,057 Myanmar1
24,460 Armenia1
3,586 Honduras1
16,640 Hong Kong1
19,810 Croatia1
58,885 Poland1
14,618 Guyana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,412 Denmark34
14,963 Scotland26
11,685 Singapore24
1,737 Iceland22
18,573 Serbia19
2,413 China18
14,048 Ireland16
13,188 Azerbaijan14
64,976 Belarus13
7,643 Trinidad and Tobago11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,065 Belgium97
9,768 Sweden94
5,861 Bulgaria93
8,784 Kyrgyzstan90
8,986 Norway85
61,587 Ukraine77
9,536 Finland72
5,257 Wales68
17,456 Switzerland63
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Bilal:
5,820 Kenya942
3,014 Malaysia835
1,484 Jordan709
827 Oman650
1,130 Lebanon648
15,535 France612
365 Qatar545
4,207 Sri Lanka522
873 Kuwait418
11,234 Uzbekistan303
9,477 Kazakhstan286
12,592 Spain279
2,630 Bosnia265
2,751 Burkina Faso246
16,934 Canada217
811 Bahrain195
42,475 Italy190
15,754 Australia169
13,267 Greece147
13,504 Romania146
39,125 South Africa128
100,473 Russia116
Countries with thousands of Bilal:
309 Syria9,406
5,860 India8,801
403 Saudi Arabia8,427
482 Iraq8,355
468 Morocco8,122
1,835 Turkey5,939
549 Afghanistan5,694
299 United Arab Emirates2,836
5,487 Indonesia2,538
3,271 Egypt2,349
654 Niger2,231
3,757 Bangladesh2,063
19,911 United States1,616
3,679 Tanzania1,411
545 Libya1,350
6,015 England1,178
9,390 Germany1,042
Countries with ten thousands of Bilal:
12 Mauritania30,531
181 Sudan23,711
343 Algeria13,299
Countries with hundred thousands of Bilal:
100 Pakistan349,258
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Bilal Namesakes

  • Cheb Bilal, Singer
  • Alim Bilal, Rameck Hunt's father
  • Atef Abu Bilal, Soccer player
  • Badr Bilal, Soccer player
  • Badr Bilal, Soccer player
  • Basit Bilal Koshul, Author
  • Edmir Bilali, Soccer player
  • Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son
  • Enki Bilal, Comic Book Creator
  • Cheb Bilal, Singer

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