Ahmed Forename
9th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 14,916,476 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Maldives
Ahmed Forename User-submission:
An Arabic name that can mean 'one who thanks God' or 'thankful one'.
Ahmed Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 100% | 5,625,093 | 1:16 | 2 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,251,549 | 1:30 | 3 |
| Yemen | - | 946,741 | 1:28 | 5 |
| Iraq | 100% | 906,274 | 1:39 | 3 |
| Algeria | 100% | 846,381 | 1:45 | 3 |
| Morocco | 100% | 689,289 | 1:50 | 4 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 595,984 | 1:164 | 12 |
| Syria | - | 583,311 | 1:33 | 2 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 454,381 | 1:351 | 18 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 441,368 | 1:402 | 51 |
| Somalia | - | 346,732 | 1:39 | 3 |
| Libya | - | 302,230 | 1:21 | 2 |
| Jordan | 100% | 301,236 | 1:29 | 2 |
| Pakistan | 90% | 186,852 | 1:1,040 | 197 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 149,523 | 1:23 | 2 |
| Palestine | 100% | 113,286 | 1:40 | 2 |
| India | 100% | 108,774 | 1:11,169 | 1,525 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 95,642 | 1:59 | 3 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 91,340 | 1:45 | 5 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 82,281 | 1:58 | 8 |
| Kenya | 92% | 75,398 | 1:614 | 110 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 54,557 | 1:131 | 14 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 52,920 | 1:582 | 73 |
| Oman | 100% | 51,606 | 1:80 | 10 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 43,718 | 1:162 | 38 |
| Ghana | 87% | 41,409 | 1:652 | 154 |
| Maldives | 99% | 38,901 | 1:11 | 2 |
| France | 100% | 36,886 | 1:1,802 | 256 |
| Comoros | - | 31,196 | 1:24 | 4 |
| United States | 100% | 28,428 | 1:12,753 | 1,259 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 26,832 | 1:1,967 | 392 |
| Spain | 100% | 21,645 | 1:2,150 | 290 |
| Djibouti | - | 19,553 | 1:47 | 4 |
| England | 100% | 18,903 | 1:2,941 | 412 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 15,666 | 1:1,328 | 252 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 14,158 | 1:494 | 110 |
| Niger | 96% | 13,626 | 1:1,408 | 246 |
| Mali | 100% | 11,764 | 1:1,443 | 199 |
| Mozambique | - | 10,560 | 1:2,580 | 565 |
| South Africa | 100% | 10,111 | 1:5,393 | 1,025 |
| Uganda | 94% | 9,914 | 1:4,131 | 500 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 9,713 | 1:70 | 2 |
| Canada | 100% | 9,676 | 1:3,424 | 615 |
| Angola | - | 9,312 | 1:2,896 | 528 |
| Chad | 94% | 7,229 | 1:1,881 | 256 |
| Germany | 100% | 7,110 | 1:13,597 | 794 |
| Madagascar | - | 6,953 | 1:3,398 | 773 |
| Guinea | 100% | 6,885 | 1:1,722 | 229 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,725 | 1:1,709 | 392 |
| Russia | 100% | 6,160 | 1:23,415 | 595 |
| Rwanda | - | 6,043 | 1:1,882 | 412 |
| Sweden | 100% | 5,810 | 1:1,697 | 278 |
| Thailand | 100% | 5,726 | 1:12,236 | 1,905 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5,714 | 1:4,038 | 442 |
| Togo | - | 5,439 | 1:1,331 | 196 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4,222 | 1:3,454 | 376 |
| Gambia | - | 3,998 | 1:482 | 110 |
| Poland | 100% | 3,864 | 1:9,841 | 454 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 3,854 | 1:7,901 | 923 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 3,746 | 1:8,218 | 1,161 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 3,356 | 1:3,442 | 464 |
| Myanmar | - | 3,150 | 1:16,492 | 440 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2,664 | 1:29,205 | 1,770 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2,443 | 1:1,443 | 372 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 2,350 | 1:7,821 | 898 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,294 | 1:7,368 | 1,014 |
| Australia | - | 2,068 | 1:6,604 | 772 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1,984 | 1:2,759 | 383 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,938 | 1:1,953 | 279 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,598 | 1:844 | 138 |
| Gabon | - | 1,563 | 1:1,205 | 279 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1,372 | 1:6,104 | 847 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,333 | 1:12,837 | 1,321 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,325 | 1:3,873 | 535 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,312 | 1:196,619 | 19,089 |
| Italy | 98% | 1,232 | 1:49,563 | 1,345 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,196 | 1:9,143 | 573 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,040 | 1:8,187 | 567 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,006 | 1:10,513 | 1,406 |
| Denmark | - | 997 | 1:5,666 | 628 |
| Philippines | 100% | 975 | 1:108,728 | 5,927 |
| Mauritius | - | 903 | 1:1,437 | 242 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 892 | 1:9,208 | 965 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 808 | 1:91,371 | 5,018 |
| Brazil | 100% | 772 | 1:277,508 | 11,073 |
| Qatar | 100% | 667 | 1:3,553 | 537 |
| New Zealand | - | 609 | 1:7,448 | 890 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 579 | 1:6,132 | 511 |
| Scotland | 100% | 524 | 1:10,211 | 701 |
| Ireland | 100% | 519 | 1:8,947 | 679 |
| Mexico | 100% | 499 | 1:248,786 | 3,998 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 462 | 1:4,525 | 798 |
| Wales | 100% | 443 | 1:6,985 | 690 |
| Liberia | 99% | 428 | 1:10,309 | 935 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 357 | 1:60,534 | 3,722 |
| Congo | 100% | 345 | 1:14,519 | 1,673 |
| China | - | 332 | 1:4,114,626 | 53,291 |
| Romania | 100% | 296 | 1:67,743 | 3,413 |
| Portugal | - | 295 | 1:35,291 | 1,384 |
| Finland | 78% | 290 | 1:18,908 | 1,084 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 275 | 1:64,534 | 2,365 |
| Japan | - | 236 | 1:542,314 | 11,484 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 235 | 1:44,388 | 3,115 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Azerbaijan | 97% | 225 | 1:42,858 | 2,860 |
| Panama | 100% | 213 | 1:18,341 | 1,883 |
| Ecuador | - | 211 | 1:84,014 | 2,265 |
| Zambia | - | 170 | 1:93,263 | 4,542 |
| Zimbabwe | 95% | 166 | 1:92,915 | 6,856 |
| Kosovo | - | 165 | 1:11,281 | 1,600 |
| Singapore | 100% | 159 | 1:39,541 | 6,557 |
| Afghanistan | 95% | 141 | 1:231,372 | 5,568 |
| Malta | - | 136 | 1:3,157 | 513 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 133 | 1:18,487 | 1,217 |
| Croatia | 100% | 125 | 1:33,737 | 1,420 |
| Serbia | 100% | 118 | 1:60,557 | 2,213 |
| Hungary | 89% | 115 | 1:85,146 | 680 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 106 | 1:284,924 | 9,202 |
| Cuba | - | 98 | 1:117,414 | 2,173 |
| Peru | 99% | 94 | 1:338,207 | 7,067 |
| Botswana | - | 90 | 1:24,272 | 2,834 |
| Czechia | 98% | 89 | 1:119,732 | 1,249 |
| Argentina | 85% | 85 | 1:503,215 | 3,707 |
| Belarus | 100% | 82 | 1:115,639 | 1,147 |
| Barbados | - | 70 | 1:4,140 | 689 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 64 | 1:74,499 | 2,766 |
| Albania | 100% | 60 | 1:50,776 | 4,596 |
| Brunei | - | 60 | 1:6,993 | 634 |
| Hong Kong | - | 59 | 1:131,402 | 2,983 |
| Chile | 92% | 54 | 1:326,059 | 4,787 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 52 | 1:12,203 | 1,218 |
| Ukraine | - | 52 | 1:874,998 | 3,020 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Seychelles | - | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| South Korea | - | 44 | 1:126,010 | 5,872 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 43 | 1:20,258 | 1,314 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 94% | 38 | 1:157,192 | 8,523 |
| Estonia | 100% | 37 | 1:35,551 | 2,373 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 36 | 1:37,817 | 3,714 |
| Iran | - | 35 | 1:2,242,768 | 13,060 |
| Georgia | 100% | 31 | 1:120,596 | 4,093 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 23 | 1:261,667 | 5,921 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 22 | 1:83,779 | 1,413 |
| Monaco | 100% | 22 | 1:1,748 | 360 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 21 | 1:26,859 | 1,421 |
| Colombia | 100% | 20 | 1:2,388,946 | 18,551 |
| Israel | 100% | 17 | 1:494,289 | 9,770 |
| Armenia | 94% | 16 | 1:182,422 | 3,483 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Honduras | 100% | 15 | 1:587,831 | 8,292 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 14 | 1:22,724 | 1,725 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,697,834 | 48,176 |
| Guyana | 100% | 13 | 1:58,712 | 5,245 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 13 | 1:408,466 | 2,011 |
| Jamaica | - | 11 | 1:262,112 | 7,926 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Nepal | - | 9 | 1:3,165,261 | 40,792 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Belize | 100% | 8 | 1:44,289 | 3,463 |
| Cape Verde | - | 8 | 1:66,144 | 2,710 |
| Moldova | - | 8 | 1:445,142 | 2,889 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Haiti | - | 7 | 1:1,532,422 | 18,706 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Uruguay | - | 5 | 1:685,527 | 7,487 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 4 | 1:60,856 | 1,852 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Ahmèd (3), Ahméd (3), Àhmed (2), Àhmêd (1) & Âhmêd (1) are calculated separately.
Ahmed (16,043,515) may also be a surname.
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