Alena Forename
1,238th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 764,393 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Czechia
Alena Forename User-submission:
Alena, Aliona, or Aljon is a Russian forename, meaning 'light'.
Alena Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 100% | 457,865 | 1:315 | 77 |
| Czechia | 100% | 109,791 | 1:97 | 24 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 53,599 | 1:849 | 89 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 27,945 | 1:635 | 157 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 26,718 | 1:199 | 44 |
| Belarus | 99% | 24,671 | 1:384 | 88 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 12,421 | 1:2,479 | 509 |
| United States | 100% | 7,408 | 1:48,939 | 2,758 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 6,118 | 1:1,369 | 268 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 5,524 | 1:991 | 248 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,237 | 1:30,139 | 3,621 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,990 | 1:32,334 | 1,165 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 2,166 | 1:2,758 | 461 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,120 | 1:17,937 | 673 |
| Transnistria | 99% | 1,788 | 1:266 | 72 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1,681 | 1:2,118 | 238 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,650 | 1:10,371 | 1,144 |
| India | 89% | 1,308 | 1:928,806 | 62,243 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,283 | 1:124,288 | 7,723 |
| England | 100% | 1,092 | 1:50,918 | 2,395 |
| Canada | 100% | 996 | 1:33,266 | 2,552 |
| Thailand | 100% | 802 | 1:87,364 | 7,743 |
| Philippines | 99% | 759 | 1:139,670 | 6,990 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 684 | 1:377,140 | 30,841 |
| Spain | 100% | 674 | 1:69,036 | 2,396 |
| Fiji | - | 604 | 1:1,477 | 396 |
| Egypt | 100% | 542 | 1:169,559 | 6,605 |
| Austria | 100% | 502 | 1:16,961 | 826 |
| Brazil | 100% | 405 | 1:528,978 | 17,001 |
| Azerbaijan | 98% | 364 | 1:26,492 | 2,203 |
| Sweden | 100% | 328 | 1:30,055 | 1,861 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 321 | 1:52,654 | 3,529 |
| Estonia | 100% | 308 | 1:4,271 | 681 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 304 | 1:27,018 | 1,632 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 269 | 1:722,519 | 14,462 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 243 | 1:28,767 | 1,862 |
| France | 100% | 227 | 1:292,821 | 4,048 |
| Croatia | 100% | 218 | 1:19,344 | 1,081 |
| Greece | 100% | 184 | 1:59,427 | 1,964 |
| Australia | - | 173 | 1:78,946 | 3,158 |
| Latvia | 100% | 166 | 1:12,142 | 735 |
| Belgium | 100% | 159 | 1:72,264 | 2,951 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 157 | 1:193,949 | 11,321 |
| New Zealand | - | 146 | 1:31,069 | 2,027 |
| Italy | 100% | 142 | 1:430,015 | 4,798 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Georgia | 96% | 132 | 1:28,322 | 1,736 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 130 | 1:567,905 | 19,370 |
| Armenia | 99% | 127 | 1:22,982 | 1,271 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 122 | 1:66,822 | 6,394 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 119 | 1:20,662 | 1,302 |
| Ireland | 100% | 115 | 1:40,378 | 1,450 |
| Norway | 100% | 112 | 1:45,824 | 1,959 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 99 | 1:533,215 | 14,784 |
| Finland | 100% | 93 | 1:58,959 | 1,848 |
| South Africa | 98% | 90 | 1:605,918 | 27,289 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 86 | 1:121,294 | 5,870 |
| Hungary | 100% | 84 | 1:116,569 | 777 |
| Scotland | 100% | 78 | 1:68,594 | 1,882 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 78 | 1:197,741 | 11,926 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 77 | 1:38,336 | 1,024 |
| Denmark | - | 76 | 1:74,336 | 2,424 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 68 | 1:20,021 | 2,377 |
| China | - | 58 | 1:23,552,686 | 60,593 |
| Serbia | 100% | 52 | 1:137,418 | 3,114 |
| Romania | 100% | 50 | 1:401,040 | 11,505 |
| Qatar | 100% | 43 | 1:55,107 | 6,913 |
| Israel | 50% | 42 | 1:200,069 | 6,201 |
| Turkey | 100% | 41 | 1:1,897,603 | 13,856 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Uganda | 97% | 37 | 1:1,106,944 | 18,454 |
| Peru | 100% | 36 | 1:883,096 | 12,468 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 35 | 1:100,699 | 2,921 |
| Mexico | 100% | 34 | 1:3,651,307 | 16,729 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 33 | 1:915,209 | 20,285 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 30 | 1:238,400 | 14,853 |
| Argentina | 56% | 28 | 1:1,527,616 | 6,532 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 27 | 1:9,016 | 763 |
| Kosovo | - | 27 | 1:68,942 | 4,507 |
| Nepal | 60% | 24 | 1:1,186,973 | 23,750 |
| Singapore | - | 24 | 1:261,961 | 9,116 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Colombia | 100% | 22 | 1:2,171,769 | 17,581 |
| Botswana | 100% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Albania | 100% | 20 | 1:152,328 | 8,921 |
| Chile | 100% | 20 | 1:880,360 | 8,450 |
| Panama | 100% | 19 | 1:205,608 | 7,846 |
| South Korea | - | 19 | 1:291,812 | 9,421 |
| Wales | 100% | 19 | 1:162,858 | 3,204 |
| Iceland | 100% | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| Jordan | - | 17 | 1:519,222 | 3,906 |
| Taiwan | - | 15 | 1:1,584,645 | 46,832 |
| Grenada | 100% | 13 | 1:8,317 | 1,152 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 13 | 1:8,442 | 1,163 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 12 | 1:52,881 | 2,242 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 12 | 1:14,797,030 | 147,379 |
| Cuba | - | 11 | 1:1,046,050 | 3,771 |
| Cameroon | 60% | 9 | 1:2,401,167 | 48,579 |
| Guyana | 100% | 9 | 1:84,807 | 6,788 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Jamaica | - | 8 | 1:360,403 | 10,541 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| Congo | 100% | 7 | 1:715,601 | 13,459 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Zambia | - | 6 | 1:2,642,466 | 23,928 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Northern Ireland | 64% | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
The alternate forms: Aléna (17), Älena (1) & Alèna (1) are calculated separately.
Alena (2,950) may also be a surname.
Alena Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Alena, Aliona, or Aljon is a Russian forename, meaning 'light'.
- sarahlageAlena Forename Popularity
Alena Demographics
Alena Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 35,825 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Alena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alena in the Russian language | ||
| Алена | alena | - |
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