Akbar Forename

1,069th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 872,130 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Akbar Forename User-submission:

Akbar is an Arabic given name, but used vastly in Persian language. It comes from an Arabic word akbar, which means 'greater', 'bigger', or 'larger'.

Akbar Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran
100%
261,2081:30159
Pakistan
90%
 
219,8131:884164
India
100%
178,3761:6,811838
Uzbekistan
100%
75,7881:40673
Indonesia
99%
 
47,4571:5,436672
Tajikistan
96%
 
25,0271:33563
Afghanistan
97%
 
22,4371:1,454265
Bangladesh
100%
16,7711:9,5081,225
Azerbaijan
100%
6,0021:1,607371
United States
100%
2,4851:145,8905,778
Russia
100%
2,0431:70,5991,499
Kyrgyzstan
99%
 
1,6681:3,581596
England
98%
 
1,2181:45,6512,228
Malaysia
95%
 
1,0661:28,5652,662
Sri Lanka-1,0021:20,7582,728
Egypt
54%
 
8681:105,8774,800
Kazakhstan
100%
8221:21,5901,301
Saudi Arabia-8161:37,7604,574
Oman
100%
6051:6,791888
Canada
100%
5551:59,7003,715
South Africa
100%
5291:103,0868,279
Qatar
100%
4601:5,151829
Bahrain-4291:3,144507
Iraq
100%
4251:82,3952,219
Uganda
96%
 
4241:96,5974,464
Philippines
98%
 
3321:319,30612,265
Togo-3301:21,9373,753
Kuwait-2941:12,8751,487
United Arab Emirates-2711:26,3912,604
Jordan
 
95%
2661:33,1831,326
Lebanon
 
99%
2411:23,3511,638
Germany
100%
1991:485,8185,205
Sweden
100%
1951:50,5532,665
Yemen-1781:147,7351,583
Thailand
100%
1401:500,47023,757
Israel
 
99%
1311:64,1443,499
Malawi
100%
1061:161,4377,641
Guyana
100%
901:8,4811,340
Palestine
 
97%
811:56,1741,546
Greece
100%
551:198,8104,074
Turkmenistan
100%
471:116,4441,215
Ukraine
98%
 
461:989,1283,311
Norway
100%
421:122,1983,685
DR Congo
100%
411:1,800,67345,176
Scotland
98%
 
361:148,6212,961
Spain
100%
361:1,292,4999,652
Belgium
100%
351:328,2876,355
Denmark-351:161,4143,904
Mexico
93%
 
351:3,546,98416,455
Tanzania
92%
 
351:1,508,23821,293
Mauritius-341:38,1702,603
Australia-311:440,5687,424
Georgia
100%
281:133,5174,335
Switzerland
100%
261:315,9046,089
Ireland
100%
251:185,7413,671
Netherlands
97%
 
251:676,08314,224
China-231:59,393,73062,751
Nepal
100%
211:1,356,54125,607
Nigeria
100%
211:8,455,446105,604
Singapore
89%
 
201:314,3539,609
Brazil
100%
191:11,275,587133,736
New Zealand-171:266,8268,395
France
100%
151:4,431,35618,897
Wales
100%
141:221,0223,846
Austria
100%
131:654,9395,517
Kenya-121:3,858,92623,691
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
121:113,4527,514
Italy
67%
 
101:6,106,20925,028
Panama
100%
101:390,65611,763
Turkey
100%
101:7,780,17128,511
Burundi-91:1,100,7291,050
Libya-91:691,2571,282
Taiwan-81:2,971,21060,968
Bulgaria
100%
71:998,62710,919
Finland
82%
 
71:783,3127,794
Hong Kong-71:1,107,5326,332
Japan-71:18,283,72243,935
Peru
100%
61:5,298,57637,737
Armenia-51:583,7516,330
Belarus
100%
51:1,896,4778,406
Maldives
100%
51:86,7812,313
Venezuela-51:6,040,37977,223
Chile
100%
41:4,401,80221,957
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Latvia-41:503,9113,554
Mauritania
100%
41:1,023,81014,082
Poland
100%
41:9,506,7785,827
Portugal-41:2,602,7168,189
Sudan
100%
41:9,451,7446,661
Colombia-31:15,926,30951,235
Lesotho
100%
31:679,99929,822
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Zimbabwe-21:7,711,90884,647
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Bhutan
100%
11:824,9286,865
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Cambodia
100%
11:16,273,33074,610
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Cape Verde
100%
11:529,1516,361
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
East Timor-11:1,218,375811
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Guatemala
100%
11:16,108,42913,998
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
New Caledonia-11:270,1643,221
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933

The alternate forms: Àkbar (1) are calculated separately.

Akbar (996,845) may also be a surname.

Akbar Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Akbar is an Arabic given name, but used vastly in Persian language. It comes from an Arabic word akbar, which means 'greater', 'bigger', or 'larger'.

- khorrami

Akbar Forename Popularity

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Eakvar731/
Ekkbar731/
Ekbair731/
Aakvar731/
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Akvarr731/
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Akboor731/
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Akbar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Akbar in the Russian language
Акбарakbar-

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