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Around the world, Jackal (Jackal
, Jakal
, Chacal
) is quite a rare dominantly male, but seldom feminine first name. The forename Jackal is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Taiwan, and Cameroon, where it is a rare male name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Taiwan, India, and Hong Kong. More prevalently, Jackal is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Jackal | Turkey, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia |
| Jakal | Turkey, India, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Algeria |
| Chacal | India, France, United States, Algeria, Cameroon |
| Çakal | Turkey, France, United States, China, Germany |
Jackal is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jackal , the fictional character in Marvel Comics; Jackal , the fictional character and the anti-hero of the novel The Day of the Jackal and Jackal Johnson , the character from 2003 film 'The Cheetah Girls'.