Al Forename
2,632nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 393,276 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada
Al Forename Definition:
A mainly American diminutive of Albert. Apotheosised in Ring Lardner’s remarkable collection of baseball stories, You Know Me Al (1916).
Al Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 138,791 | 1:2,612 | 469 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 54,294 | 1:4,751 | 554 |
| Bangladesh | - | 51,597 | 1:3,091 | 446 |
| Canada | 100% | 28,838 | 1:1,149 | 264 |
| Philippines | 97% | 24,238 | 1:4,374 | 749 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 12,157 | 1:14,606 | 1,678 |
| Egypt | 77% | 11,972 | 1:7,676 | 790 |
| Yemen | - | 9,224 | 1:2,851 | 376 |
| India | 61% | 8,149 | 1:149,083 | 16,580 |
| Iraq | 100% | 7,474 | 1:4,685 | 596 |
| Pakistan | 62% | 4,581 | 1:42,427 | 2,582 |
| Senegal | 98% | 4,361 | 1:3,344 | 368 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4,165 | 1:9,077 | 1,203 |
| Oman | 100% | 3,251 | 1:1,264 | 199 |
| Libya | - | 3,121 | 1:1,993 | 372 |
| England | 93% | 3,030 | 1:18,351 | 1,200 |
| Australia | - | 2,686 | 1:5,085 | 664 |
| Iran | 100% | 2,106 | 1:37,273 | 1,575 |
| Russia | 87% | 1,933 | 1:74,617 | 1,567 |
| Poland | 56% | 1,555 | 1:24,455 | 819 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,387 | 1:70,339 | 5,764 |
| Ghana | - | 1,180 | 1:22,870 | 1,643 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,054 | 1:3,591 | 493 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,002 | 1:20,758 | 2,728 |
| New Zealand | - | 878 | 1:5,166 | 715 |
| France | 96% | 627 | 1:106,013 | 2,287 |
| Kazakhstan | 85% | 596 | 1:29,777 | 1,541 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 577 | 1:29,293 | 2,447 |
| Somalia | - | 439 | 1:30,811 | 1,917 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 428 | 1:13,149 | 1,227 |
| Mali | 75% | 387 | 1:43,870 | 2,498 |
| Germany | 86% | 374 | 1:258,497 | 3,591 |
| Scotland | 100% | 274 | 1:19,527 | 962 |
| Mexico | 100% | 252 | 1:492,637 | 5,571 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 252 | 1:122,168 | 3,329 |
| Italy | 85% | 249 | 1:245,229 | 3,293 |
| Ukraine | 81% | 237 | 1:191,983 | 1,258 |
| South Africa | 87% | 227 | 1:240,232 | 14,589 |
| Liberia | 80% | 216 | 1:20,426 | 1,405 |
| Brazil | 100% | 205 | 1:1,045,054 | 27,062 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 199 | 1:370,993 | 14,033 |
| Jamaica | - | 199 | 1:14,489 | 1,403 |
| Bahrain | - | 178 | 1:7,577 | 1,232 |
| Spain | 100% | 176 | 1:264,375 | 4,687 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 172 | 1:48,691 | 2,122 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 161 | 1:147,638 | 14,980 |
| Cambodia | 71% | 154 | 1:105,671 | 4,562 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 154 | 1:67,736 | 4,074 |
| China | - | 149 | 1:9,168,160 | 59,569 |
| Malawi | 100% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Malaysia | 76% | 143 | 1:212,937 | 12,101 |
| Afghanistan | 69% | 134 | 1:243,459 | 5,741 |
| Singapore | 100% | 128 | 1:49,118 | 6,688 |
| Jordan | 99% | 124 | 1:71,184 | 1,788 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 121 | 1:59,107 | 5,234 |
| Guam | - | 98 | 1:1,639 | 371 |
| Wales | 95% | 96 | 1:32,232 | 1,409 |
| Japan | - | 87 | 1:1,471,104 | 17,514 |
| Syria | - | 86 | 1:224,489 | 2,400 |
| Belgium | 100% | 84 | 1:136,786 | 4,042 |
| Kenya | - | 79 | 1:586,166 | 15,261 |
| Switzerland | 93% | 78 | 1:105,301 | 3,249 |
| Belarus | 72% | 77 | 1:123,148 | 1,207 |
| Greece | 100% | 73 | 1:149,788 | 3,433 |
| Guatemala | - | 71 | 1:226,879 | 3,194 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56% | 69 | 1:118,149 | 10,589 |
| Algeria | - | 68 | 1:561,422 | 4,607 |
| Panama | 100% | 67 | 1:58,307 | 3,629 |
| Ireland | 100% | 66 | 1:70,356 | 2,009 |
| Thailand | 83% | 65 | 1:1,077,936 | 38,180 |
| Peru | 98% | 59 | 1:538,838 | 9,334 |
| Palestine | 100% | 54 | 1:84,260 | 1,771 |
| Guyana | 100% | 52 | 1:14,678 | 1,983 |
| Hong Kong | - | 52 | 1:149,091 | 3,059 |
| Qatar | - | 51 | 1:46,463 | 5,889 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 49 | 1:3,629 | 637 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 49 | 1:616,365 | 15,450 |
| Micronesia | - | 44 | 1:2,420 | 335 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 41 | 1:44,955 | 1,184 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Romania | - | 36 | 1:556,999 | 15,559 |
| Estonia | 75% | 34 | 1:38,688 | 2,486 |
| Sweden | 100% | 33 | 1:298,724 | 9,079 |
| South Korea | - | 31 | 1:178,852 | 7,173 |
| Denmark | - | 28 | 1:201,768 | 4,445 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 26 | 1:370,882 | 8,733 |
| Bahamas | - | 26 | 1:15,360 | 1,168 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Armenia | 56% | 23 | 1:126,902 | 2,876 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 22 | 1:4,988 | 824 |
| Bermuda | - | 21 | 1:3,087 | 575 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:2,919 | 610 |
| Latvia | - | 19 | 1:106,087 | 1,963 |
| Burkina Faso | 83% | 17 | 1:1,081,145 | 29,013 |
| Grenada | 100% | 17 | 1:6,360 | 976 |
| New Caledonia | - | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Belize | 100% | 15 | 1:23,621 | 2,493 |
| Colombia | 100% | 15 | 1:3,185,262 | 21,696 |
| Honduras | 100% | 15 | 1:587,831 | 8,292 |
| Niger | 80% | 15 | 1:1,278,933 | 18,398 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 15 | 1:163,917 | 3,542 |
| Uganda | 100% | 15 | 1:2,730,461 | 31,621 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 14 | 1:1,648,281 | 41,086 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 83% | 14 | 1:426,663 | 14,323 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 90% | 14 | 1:7,970 | 1,208 |
| Uruguay | - | 13 | 1:263,664 | 4,255 |
| Israel | 70% | 12 | 1:700,243 | 11,627 |
| Serbia | 100% | 12 | 1:595,477 | 5,188 |
| Argentina | 50% | 11 | 1:3,888,477 | 10,916 |
| Chile | 86% | 10 | 1:1,760,721 | 12,680 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 10 | 1:601,834 | 9,645 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 10 | 1:1,542,382 | 46,134 |
| Cuba | - | 9 | 1:1,278,506 | 4,217 |
| Norway | 100% | 9 | 1:570,259 | 9,843 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Benin | 100% | 8 | 1:1,321,980 | 30,116 |
| Czechia | 70% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Iceland | - | 8 | 1:45,752 | 2,854 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 8 | 1:261,345 | 7,184 |
| Slovakia | 80% | 8 | 1:663,758 | 2,742 |
| Vietnam | 67% | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Tanzania | - | 7 | 1:7,541,188 | 37,665 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 7 | 1:194,488 | 10,722 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Georgia | 100% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 5 | 1:819,048 | 12,822 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Moldova | - | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Barbados | - | 4 | 1:72,447 | 2,209 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Finland | - | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Isle of Man | - | 4 | 1:21,256 | 352 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Congo | - | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Paraguay | - | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Costa Rica | - | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 2 | 1:237,819 | 1,799 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Hungary | 99% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Ál (1) are calculated separately.
Al (71,408) may also be a surname.
Al Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A mainly American diminutive of Albert. Apotheosised in Ring Lardner’s remarkable collection of baseball stories, You Know Me Al (1916).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Al Forename Popularity
Al Demographics
Average Al Salary in
United States
$41,564 USD
Per year
Rank:
229,970 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0267188
Rank: 573 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
95.48%
Sample size: 52,993 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ál | 83 | 1 | / |
| Alh | 80 | 85,698 | / |
| Hal | 80 | 54,992 | / |
| Ale | 80 | 40,609 | / |
| Gal | 80 | 31,909 | / |
| All | 80 | 13,320 | / |
| Aal | 80 | 8,078 | / |
| Alp | 80 | 7,916 | / |
| Ail | 80 | 5,343 | / |
| Asl | 80 | 2,501 | / |
| Ahl | 80 | 1,743 | / |
| Aul | 80 | 1,675 | / |
| Alt | 80 | 664 | / |
| Alė | 80 | 610 | / |
| Atl | 80 | 234 | / |
| Ald | 80 | 163 | / |
| Eal | 80 | 129 | / |
| Ayl | 80 | 111 | / |
| Ajl | 80 | 97 | / |
| Alì | 80 | 14 | / |
| Alı | 80 | 4 | / |
| Alë | 80 | 3 | / |
| Aël | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aíl | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alæ | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alÿ | 80 | 1 | / |
| A'L | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gail | 67 | 493,613 | / |
| Asel | 67 | 116,310 | / |
| Asil | 67 | 18,108 | / |
| Hale | 67 | 16,969 | / |
| Hail | 67 | 16,406 | / |
| Alle | 67 | 12,866 | / |
| Gaël | 67 | 8,329 | / |
| Asyl | 67 | 6,955 | / |
| Gall | 67 | 6,450 | / |
| Hall | 67 | 4,864 | / |
| Asle | 67 | 2,979 | / |
| Atil | 67 | 2,386 | / |
| Acil | 67 | 1,918 | / |
| Ayle | 67 | 1,747 | / |
| Gayl | 67 | 1,616 | / |
| Aile | 67 | 1,285 | / |
| Allh | 67 | 922 | / |
| Ahal | 67 | 896 | / |
| Acel | 67 | 838 | / |
| Gaal | 67 | 789 | / |
| Aisl | 67 | 608 | / |
| Aalt | 67 | 488 | / |
| Aysl | 67 | 487 | / |
| Alph | 67 | 476 | / |
| Gaul | 67 | 441 | / |
| Agli | 67 | 421 | / |
| Aale | 67 | 389 | / |
| Halh | 67 | 302 | / |
| Atel | 67 | 289 | / |
| Ahlh | 67 | 285 | / |
| Aule | 67 | 276 | / |
| Ahul | 67 | 276 | / |
| Eale | 67 | 205 | / |
| Hald | 67 | 193 | / |
| Aail | 67 | 169 | / |
| Hajl | 67 | 169 | / |
| Hatl | 67 | 160 | / |
| Haul | 67 | 159 | / |
| Gajl | 67 | 150 | / |
| Alhe | 67 | 148 | / |
| Halt | 67 | 96 | / |
| Heal | 67 | 94 | / |
| Aahl | 67 | 89 | / |
| Haal | 67 | 79 | / |
| Aslh | 67 | 64 | / |
| Alhh | 67 | 58 | / |
| Ahyl | 67 | 51 | / |
| Hayl | 67 | 36 | / |
| Halë | 67 | 34 | / |
| Aill | 67 | 32 | / |
| Aslt | 67 | 27 | / |
| Aldd | 67 | 27 | / |
| Aull | 67 | 26 | / |
| Auld | 67 | 26 | / |
| Aalh | 67 | 17 | / |
| Aall | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ailt | 67 | 16 | / |
| Aldh | 67 | 16 | / |
| Hasl | 67 | 16 | / |
| Aslp | 67 | 14 | / |
| Eall | 67 | 14 | / |
| Eatl | 67 | 12 | / |
| Autl | 67 | 12 | / |
| Galë | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ahll | 67 | 10 | / |
| Allp | 67 | 9 | / |
| Alhd | 67 | 9 | / |
| Halp | 67 | 9 | / |
| Alld | 67 | 9 | / |
| Aaal | 67 | 9 | / |
| Attl | 67 | 8 | / |
| Galh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aild | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ah L | 67 | 7 | / |
| Athl | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ailh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hahl | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aujl | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gaïl | 67 | 4 | / |
| Easl | 67 | 4 | / |
| Galė | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aalp | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aald | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alll | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alzz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ealh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ealt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ayll | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aylt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Auhl | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alhl | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alhs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Al H | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eald | 67 | 3 | / |
| Atlt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aasl | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aytl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aylh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Allt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alpp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aatl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ajhl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ealp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayld | 67 | 2 | / |
| Auul | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ajlt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aldë | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ajlh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alhz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Al-H | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aldt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Halå | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atlh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asll | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asíl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ausl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aulp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aïle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aşel | 67 | 1 | / |
| A'Al | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aldø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al S | 67 | 1 | / |
| Altt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alǎǎ | 67 | 1 | / |
| Allë | 67 | 1 | / |
| Allì | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aijl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ailp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aulh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajll | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajlp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atlp | 67 | 1 | / |
Al Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Al in the Russian language | ||
| Ал | al | - |
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Al