Vakil
See also: vakil
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hindi वकील (vakīl, “lawyer”), itself from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl).
Proper noun
editVakil (plural Vakils)
- A surname from Hindi [in turn from Arabic].
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Vakil is the 41728th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 521 individuals. Vakil is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (81.19%) and White (11.9%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vakil”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.