Alex Forename
188th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,756,832 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wallis and Futuna
Alex Forename Definition:
Properly an English contraction (cf. Alec) of, but in these days occasionally used as a substitute for Alexander. Also a diminutive of Alexandra, Alexandrina, and Alexia: for an example of the first, see Beatrice Kean Seymour’s novel, Daughter to Philip, 1933.
Read More About This ForenameAlex Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 344,398 | 1:1,053 | 228 |
| Brazil | 100% | 328,009 | 1:653 | 89 |
| Uganda | 99% | 250,742 | 1:163 | 30 |
| Philippines | 99% | 157,487 | 1:673 | 116 |
| Kenya | 100% | 156,880 | 1:295 | 39 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 108,564 | 1:486 | 79 |
| Ghana | 100% | 94,392 | 1:286 | 50 |
| England | 95% | 82,497 | 1:674 | 150 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 72,936 | 1:2,435 | 451 |
| Canada | 100% | 61,967 | 1:535 | 102 |
| Peru | 100% | 50,351 | 1:631 | 114 |
| Spain | 100% | 47,431 | 1:981 | 170 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 46,989 | 1:5,490 | 682 |
| Zambia | - | 44,052 | 1:360 | 64 |
| Mozambique | - | 43,679 | 1:624 | 128 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 40,849 | 1:278 | 43 |
| Malawi | 100% | 39,364 | 1:435 | 89 |
| Ecuador | - | 36,894 | 1:480 | 93 |
| Australia | - | 33,954 | 1:402 | 82 |
| Chile | 100% | 33,930 | 1:519 | 119 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 28,963 | 1:245 | 57 |
| Russia | - | 28,450 | 1:5,070 | 270 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 27,439 | 1:616 | 131 |
| Colombia | 100% | 25,769 | 1:1,854 | 270 |
| Romania | 100% | 24,403 | 1:822 | 132 |
| Germany | 97% | 23,704 | 1:4,079 | 462 |
| Sudan | 100% | 21,616 | 1:1,749 | 322 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 19,899 | 1:3,710 | 518 |
| Honduras | 100% | 18,526 | 1:476 | 77 |
| Poland | 72% | 18,001 | 1:2,112 | 213 |
| India | 99% | 17,708 | 1:68,606 | 8,865 |
| France | 99% | 15,798 | 1:4,208 | 405 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 15,505 | 1:1,039 | 223 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 15,027 | 1:6,492 | 1,032 |
| Mexico | 97% | 14,447 | 1:8,593 | 799 |
| Liberia | 100% | 14,412 | 1:306 | 55 |
| Haiti | 100% | 14,361 | 1:747 | 106 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 13,953 | 1:760 | 193 |
| South Africa | 99% | 13,464 | 1:4,050 | 766 |
| Angola | 100% | 12,686 | 1:2,126 | 422 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 12,438 | 1:655 | 75 |
| Burundi | 100% | 11,586 | 1:855 | 268 |
| Greece | 100% | 10,488 | 1:1,043 | 135 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 10,093 | 1:2,992 | 435 |
| Egypt | 89% | 10,042 | 1:9,152 | 886 |
| New Zealand | - | 9,728 | 1:466 | 103 |
| Belgium | 100% | 9,477 | 1:1,212 | 290 |
| Italy | 95% | 9,230 | 1:6,616 | 516 |
| Madagascar | - | 9,069 | 1:2,606 | 609 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 9,061 | 1:2,385 | 456 |
| China | - | 8,240 | 1:165,783 | 15,315 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 8,238 | 1:1,402 | 302 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 8,152 | 1:1,008 | 219 |
| Togo | - | 7,912 | 1:915 | 116 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 7,368 | 1:2,823 | 495 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 6,791 | 1:4,484 | 496 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 6,599 | 1:24,164 | 2,598 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 6,407 | 1:2,407 | 440 |
| Scotland | 99% | 6,330 | 1:845 | 176 |
| Denmark | - | 5,754 | 1:982 | 206 |
| Portugal | - | 5,654 | 1:1,841 | 217 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 5,294 | 1:1,970 | 312 |
| El Salvador | - | 5,193 | 1:1,221 | 213 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4,968 | 1:6,197 | 998 |
| Panama | 100% | 4,792 | 1:815 | 128 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 3,883 | 1:1,228 | 252 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,818 | 1:18,351 | 2,596 |
| Czechia | 79% | 3,379 | 1:3,154 | 283 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 3,169 | 1:1,899 | 360 |
| Libya | - | 3,121 | 1:1,993 | 372 |
| Gambia | - | 3,076 | 1:626 | 148 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,047 | 1:618 | 115 |
| Sweden | 96% | 2,944 | 1:3,348 | 438 |
| Wales | 96% | 2,932 | 1:1,055 | 242 |
| Congo | 93% | 2,817 | 1:1,778 | 280 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2,799 | 1:2,770 | 201 |
| Singapore | 98% | 2,580 | 1:2,437 | 354 |
| Morocco | - | 2,402 | 1:14,300 | 995 |
| Bahrain | - | 2,101 | 1:642 | 100 |
| Belarus | - | 2,068 | 1:4,585 | 191 |
| Oman | - | 1,918 | 1:2,142 | 319 |
| Hungary | 98% | 1,818 | 1:5,386 | 260 |
| Ireland | 99% | 1,781 | 1:2,607 | 353 |
| Malta | - | 1,778 | 1:241 | 40 |
| Japan | - | 1,686 | 1:75,911 | 3,771 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 1,647 | 1:14,011 | 1,401 |
| Taiwan | 90% | 1,498 | 1:15,868 | 3,013 |
| Namibia | - | 1,493 | 1:1,610 | 324 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,399 | 1:22,025 | 2,854 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1,396 | 1:12,713 | 987 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,359 | 1:10,006 | 1,616 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,330 | 1:2,577 | 331 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,211 | 1:4,528 | 556 |
| Fiji | - | 1,209 | 1:738 | 131 |
| South Korea | 94% | 1,187 | 1:4,671 | 805 |
| Latvia | 50% | 1,174 | 1:1,717 | 286 |
| Argentina | 99% | 1,079 | 1:39,642 | 1,275 |
| Algeria | - | 1,055 | 1:36,186 | 1,537 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,049 | 1:16,185 | 1,224 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,043 | 1:8,163 | 565 |
| Slovenia | 98% | 1,040 | 1:2,364 | 404 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 946 | 1:596 | 139 |
| Estonia | 100% | 930 | 1:1,414 | 331 |
| Qatar | 100% | 918 | 1:2,581 | 343 |
| Ukraine | - | 913 | 1:49,836 | 574 |
| Benin | 100% | 879 | 1:12,032 | 1,533 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 824 | 1:705 | 142 |
| Vanuatu | - | 769 | 1:340 | 65 |
| Botswana | 100% | 739 | 1:2,956 | 524 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 727 | 1:4,883 | 452 |
| Micronesia | - | 694 | 1:153 | 40 |
| Israel | 96% | 667 | 1:12,598 | 1,441 |
| Tajikistan | - | 648 | 1:12,924 | 1,186 |
| Swaziland | - | 615 | 1:2,114 | 472 |
| Norway | 100% | 568 | 1:9,036 | 828 |
| Cuba | - | 526 | 1:21,876 | 1,107 |
| Georgia | 98% | 502 | 1:7,447 | 762 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 498 | 1:14,532 | 1,136 |
| Armenia | 96% | 458 | 1:6,373 | 689 |
| Cape Verde | - | 443 | 1:1,194 | 194 |
| Northern Ireland | 86% | 435 | 1:4,237 | 519 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 419 | 1:458 | 53 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 419 | 1:3,249 | 609 |
| Guyana | 100% | 390 | 1:1,957 | 374 |
| Lithuania | - | 356 | 1:8,292 | 593 |
| Lebanon | 91% | 330 | 1:17,053 | 1,412 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 322 | 1:287,649 | 1,566 |
| Somalia | - | 319 | 1:42,401 | 2,327 |
| Suriname | 100% | 313 | 1:1,766 | 411 |
| Jamaica | - | 312 | 1:9,241 | 1,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 311 | 1:22,997 | 2,315 |
| Iraq | 100% | 309 | 1:113,326 | 2,600 |
| Burkina Faso | 98% | 302 | 1:60,859 | 3,881 |
| Transnistria | - | 289 | 1:1,646 | 150 |
| Azerbaijan | 92% | 288 | 1:33,482 | 2,472 |
| Syria | - | 270 | 1:71,504 | 1,729 |
| Mauritius | - | 268 | 1:4,842 | 780 |
| Belize | 100% | 252 | 1:1,406 | 309 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 252 | 1:368 | 59 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 243 | 1:3,585 | 482 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 229 | 1:59 | 21 |
| Samoa | - | 228 | 1:856 | 261 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 227 | 1:24,110 | 568 |
| Guernsey | - | 214 | 1:296 | 76 |
| Kuwait | - | 199 | 1:19,021 | 2,052 |
| Aruba | - | 188 | 1:552 | 79 |
| Bulgaria | - | 186 | 1:37,583 | 2,157 |
| Guam | - | 161 | 1:998 | 220 |
| Moldova | 100% | 155 | 1:22,975 | 661 |
| Albania | 99% | 147 | 1:20,725 | 2,608 |
| Pakistan | 50% | 144 | 1:1,349,706 | 21,483 |
| Bahamas | - | 132 | 1:3,026 | 591 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 132 | 1:40,228 | 698 |
| Iceland | 100% | 128 | 1:2,860 | 431 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 121 | 1:2,233 | 423 |
| American Samoa | - | 120 | 1:465 | 27 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 95% | 117 | 1:954 | 131 |
| Bermuda | - | 116 | 1:559 | 94 |
| Jersey | 50% | 113 | 1:885 | 202 |
| Brunei | 100% | 94 | 1:4,464 | 441 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 93 | 1:1,069 | 203 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 92 | 1:1,933 | 357 |
| Tunisia | - | 91 | 1:7,438 | 859 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 90 | 1:1,219 | 244 |
| Barbados | - | 88 | 1:3,293 | 610 |
| Guinea | 100% | 88 | 1:134,757 | 2,393 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 82 | 1:462 | 108 |
| French Polynesia | - | 81 | 1:3,431 | 664 |
| Gibraltar | - | 81 | 1:421 | 86 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 80 | 1:74,666 | 5,613 |
| Senegal | 93% | 76 | 1:191,860 | 3,983 |
| Afghanistan | - | 75 | 1:434,980 | 7,748 |
| Grenada | 95% | 68 | 1:1,590 | 339 |
| Mongolia | - | 67 | 1:43,803 | 3,867 |
| Macau | - | 65 | 1:9,357 | 272 |
| Croatia | 100% | 64 | 1:65,892 | 2,000 |
| Monaco | 100% | 64 | 1:601 | 106 |
| Serbia | 100% | 60 | 1:119,095 | 2,951 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 56 | 1:1,095 | 247 |
| Cambodia | - | 53 | 1:307,044 | 8,153 |
| Iran | 100% | 52 | 1:1,509,555 | 10,625 |
| Lesotho | 80% | 52 | 1:39,231 | 4,325 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 49 | 1:23,218 | 211 |
| Jordan | 97% | 48 | 1:183,891 | 2,584 |
| Myanmar | - | 42 | 1:1,236,864 | 740 |
| Isle of Man | 86% | 37 | 1:2,298 | 149 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 35 | 1:1,562 | 330 |
| Nepal | - | 34 | 1:837,863 | 19,581 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:947 | 205 |
| North Macedonia | - | 32 | 1:65,336 | 3,906 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,601 | 230 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 28 | 1:1,755 | 374 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 28 | 1:1,959 | 443 |
| Greenland | - | 27 | 1:2,088 | 367 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:1,285 | 317 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Turkey | 100% | 18 | 1:4,322,317 | 20,987 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Maldives | - | 16 | 1:27,119 | 1,069 |
| San Marino | 100% | 16 | 1:2,058 | 296 |
| Andorra | - | 14 | 1:5,920 | 470 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 14 | 1:251,747 | 3,850 |
| Curaçao | - | 13 | 1:11,985 | 645 |
| Palestine | 83% | 13 | 1:350,004 | 2,835 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 12 | 1:1,105 | 185 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 11 | 1:22,129 | 1,153 |
| Niger | 100% | 10 | 1:1,918,399 | 23,776 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Eritrea | - | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Mauritania | - | 7 | 1:585,034 | 11,039 |
| Montserrat | - | 7 | 1:697 | 83 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Bhutan | - | 3 | 1:274,976 | 4,070 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Àlex (137), Álex (75), Aléx (22), Alèx (2) & Alêx (2) are calculated separately.
Alex (256,213) may also be a surname.
Alex Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Properly an English contraction (cf. Alec) of, but in these days occasionally used as a substitute for Alexander. Also a diminutive of Alexandra, Alexandrina, and Alexia: for an example of the first, see Beatrice Kean Seymour’s novel, Daughter to Philip, 1933.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
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