Abraham Forename
Approximately 1,193,588 people bear this name
Abraham Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew. The name of the patriarch was originally Abram, ‘high father’, but was changed to Abraham, ‘father of a multitude’. Abraham occurs as the name of a priest in Domesday Book, and was in general though not frequent use in the 13th C.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 136,233 | 1:911 | 182 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 119,441 | 1:40 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 107,497 | 1:1,652 | 305 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 68,661 | 1:1,421 | 255 |
| Ghana | 99% | 62,984 | 1:428 | 89 |
| United States | 100% | 59,206 | 1:6,123 | 809 |
| India | 100% | 51,590 | 1:23,549 | 3,340 |
| South Africa | 100% | 48,171 | 1:1,132 | 140 |
| Kenya | 100% | 44,233 | 1:1,047 | 219 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 43,020 | 1:269 | 57 |
| Liberia | 100% | 36,414 | 1:121 | 14 |
| Philippines | 99% | 34,245 | 1:3,096 | 580 |
| Sudan | 100% | 32,325 | 1:1,170 | 223 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 27,706 | 1:2,665 | 410 |
| Zambia | - | 24,930 | 1:636 | 135 |
| Uganda | 99% | 18,140 | 1:2,258 | 332 |
| Peru | 100% | 17,835 | 1:1,783 | 347 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 17,778 | 1:1,216 | 242 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16,394 | 1:432 | 103 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 15,853 | 1:16,272 | 2,322 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 15,315 | 1:3,447 | 610 |
| Spain | 100% | 13,568 | 1:3,429 | 390 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 10,126 | 1:1,523 | 283 |
| Chile | 99% | 9,852 | 1:1,787 | 282 |
| Colombia | 100% | 9,767 | 1:4,892 | 564 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 9,038 | 1:1,782 | 334 |
| Malawi | 99% | 8,736 | 1:1,959 | 383 |
| Burundi | 100% | 8,690 | 1:1,140 | 371 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7,870 | 1:3,838 | 538 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 7,039 | 1:1,506 | 357 |
| Argentina | 99% | 6,727 | 1:6,358 | 530 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 4,837 | 1:4,885 | 1,000 |
| Rwanda | - | 4,834 | 1:2,352 | 509 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 4,725 | 1:1,725 | 204 |
| Chad | 100% | 4,634 | 1:2,934 | 421 |
| Namibia | - | 4,564 | 1:527 | 90 |
| Mali | 97% | 4,529 | 1:3,749 | 394 |
| Guinea | 100% | 4,499 | 1:2,636 | 320 |
| Benin | 100% | 4,259 | 1:2,483 | 536 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,898 | 1:2,676 | 426 |
| Togo | - | 3,873 | 1:1,869 | 306 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,516 | 1:1,111 | 205 |
| England | 100% | 2,875 | 1:19,340 | 1,241 |
| Iran | 100% | 2,687 | 1:29,214 | 1,386 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,647 | 1:12,517 | 1,350 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,551 | 1:3,456 | 519 |
| Ecuador | - | 2,547 | 1:6,960 | 667 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2,173 | 1:2,770 | 482 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,047 | 1:3,098 | 390 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,958 | 1:2,558 | 415 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1,903 | 1:9,658 | 1,035 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,833 | 1:86,995 | 6,214 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,738 | 1:6,172 | 806 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 1,658 | 1:13,918 | 1,389 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,638 | 1:2,911 | 464 |
| Oman | - | 1,583 | 1:2,595 | 370 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1,513 | 1:1,929 | 363 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,393 | 1:2,070 | 466 |
| Gambia | - | 1,230 | 1:1,566 | 270 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,219 | 1:175,747 | 8,184 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,216 | 1:17,105 | 2,344 |
| Afghanistan | 66% | 1,011 | 1:32,269 | 1,937 |
| Germany | 100% | 944 | 1:102,413 | 2,148 |
| Egypt | 99% | 933 | 1:98,500 | 4,548 |
| Australia | - | 928 | 1:14,717 | 1,164 |
| Poland | 95% | 895 | 1:42,488 | 1,190 |
| Gabon | - | 882 | 1:2,135 | 518 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 845 | 1:36,035 | 3,184 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 752 | 1:773 | 153 |
| Botswana | 100% | 681 | 1:3,208 | 568 |
| Kuwait | - | 608 | 1:6,226 | 787 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 608 | 1:9,256 | 999 |
| France | 100% | 550 | 1:120,855 | 2,449 |
| Sweden | 100% | 495 | 1:19,915 | 1,398 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Morocco | - | 464 | 1:74,027 | 2,699 |
| New Zealand | - | 450 | 1:10,080 | 1,068 |
| Swaziland | - | 436 | 1:2,982 | 627 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 384 | 1:3,545 | 663 |
| Belgium | 100% | 383 | 1:30,000 | 1,895 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 365 | 1:46,307 | 3,255 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 335 | 1:10,598 | 686 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 329 | 1:21,996 | 1,347 |
| Senegal | 100% | 313 | 1:46,586 | 1,921 |
| Cuba | - | 303 | 1:37,975 | 1,353 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 298 | 1:27,562 | 1,652 |
| Thailand | 100% | 296 | 1:236,709 | 14,656 |
| Somalia | - | 239 | 1:56,594 | 2,774 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 203 | 1:16,885 | 1,009 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Scotland | 100% | 201 | 1:26,619 | 1,146 |
| Belize | 100% | 199 | 1:1,780 | 404 |
| China | - | 196 | 1:6,969,672 | 59,353 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| Norway | 100% | 184 | 1:27,893 | 1,468 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 150 | 1:13,600 | 1,866 |
| Ireland | 100% | 137 | 1:33,894 | 1,317 |
| Qatar | 100% | 128 | 1:18,513 | 2,768 |
| Singapore | 100% | 112 | 1:56,134 | 6,777 |
| Guyana | 100% | 105 | 1:7,269 | 1,197 |
| Iraq | 100% | 101 | 1:346,711 | 4,577 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| Russia | 100% | 80 | 1:1,802,921 | 12,599 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 79 | 1:90,532 | 7,429 |
| Greece | 100% | 76 | 1:143,876 | 3,371 |
| Turkey | 100% | 73 | 1:1,065,777 | 10,311 |
| Grenada | 100% | 71 | 1:1,523 | 319 |
| Austria | 100% | 69 | 1:123,394 | 2,334 |
| Hong Kong | - | 64 | 1:121,136 | 2,925 |
| Denmark | - | 62 | 1:91,121 | 2,722 |
| Italy | 89% | 59 | 1:1,034,951 | 8,889 |
| Wales | 100% | 57 | 1:54,286 | 1,798 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 56 | 1:424,459 | 26,119 |
| Guam | - | 52 | 1:3,089 | 622 |
| Angola | - | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| Niger | 100% | 47 | 1:408,170 | 8,892 |
| South Korea | 88% | 46 | 1:120,531 | 5,736 |
| Malta | - | 45 | 1:9,541 | 977 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 43 | 1:1,271 | 265 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 38 | 1:2,616 | 555 |
| Saint Lucia | 97% | 38 | 1:4,679 | 797 |
| Czechia | 100% | 34 | 1:313,417 | 1,996 |
| Jordan | 100% | 34 | 1:259,611 | 2,951 |
| Barbados | - | 33 | 1:8,781 | 1,010 |
| Mauritius | - | 33 | 1:39,327 | 2,665 |
| American Samoa | - | 32 | 1:1,745 | 269 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 32 | 1:1,714 | 401 |
| Japan | - | 31 | 1:4,128,582 | 25,908 |
| Pakistan | 88% | 30 | 1:6,478,589 | 55,825 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Finland | 100% | 27 | 1:203,081 | 3,450 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Libya | - | 25 | 1:248,852 | 929 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 25 | 1:212,403 | 1,378 |
| Micronesia | - | 24 | 1:4,438 | 536 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 24 | 1:4,573 | 777 |
| Croatia | 100% | 22 | 1:191,685 | 3,419 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Israel | 94% | 19 | 1:442,259 | 9,252 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Greenland | - | 17 | 1:3,316 | 507 |
| Hungary | 100% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| Iceland | - | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Curaçao | - | 16 | 1:9,738 | 620 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 14 | 1:62,220 | 2,260 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 14 | 1:7,970 | 1,208 |
| Nauru | 100% | 12 | 1:994 | 151 |
| Georgia | 100% | 11 | 1:339,861 | 7,323 |
| Nepal | 100% | 11 | 1:2,589,759 | 36,665 |
| Syria | - | 11 | 1:1,755,098 | 3,737 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 11 | 1:4,136,355 | 7,862 |
| Yemen | - | 11 | 1:2,390,614 | 3,779 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10 | 1:184,315 | 1,771 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:5,692 | 857 |
| Montserrat | - | 9 | 1:542 | 45 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| Maldives | - | 8 | 1:54,238 | 1,689 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Bahamas | - | 6 | 1:66,562 | 1,346 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Abrahám (47), Abrahàm (3), Ábraham (1) & Ábrahám (28) are calculated separately.
Abraham (467,121) may also be a surname.
Abraham Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew. The name of the patriarch was originally Abram, ‘high father’, but was changed to Abraham, ‘father of a multitude’. Abraham occurs as the name of a priest in Domesday Book, and was in general though not frequent use in the 13th C. It was revived after the Reformation and was particularly popular in the Low Countries in the forms Abram, Bram. It is now commoner in the USA than in England (partly, no doubt, owing to its being Lincoln’s name), and is there often abbreviated to Abe.
Abraham Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1189-1207 passim, 1294 Placita de Quo Warranto.
The greatest of the Biblical patriarchs was originally called ‘Abram (father of height or elevation), which was changed by Divine appointment into Abraham (father of a multitude), foretelling the numerous and enduring offspring that have descended from him, and even to the present hour revere his name,’ Yonge. Made safe for American democracy by its most distinguished non-Semitic tenant, Abraham Lincoln.
The Scripture name, in Hebrew אברחם, Abhrahám, according to some a Hebrew-Arab, compound signifying ‘father of a multitude,’ from the Hebrew abh father, and Arab, raham. Others translate the name ‘lofty father of a multitude,’ or ‘father who shall see the people.’ The nicknames are Bram and Abby.
Hebrew (masculine) - Father of a great multitude.
Ay'-bra-ham, the father of a great multitude; and
Meaning: father of a great multitude.
A Hebrew name, meaning: Father of multitudes.
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