Alf Forename

19,648th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 46,517 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Norway

Alf Forename Definition:

ALFIE. Pet-forms of Alfred.

Alf Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden
100%
21,0011:46985
Norway
100%
12,5801:408104
Germany
100%
2,2321:43,3141,345
Australia-1,5241:8,962898
United States
100%
1,4231:254,7698,383
Canada
100%
1,3181:25,1392,125
England
100%
9801:56,7382,584
Finland
100%
8921:6,147643
Denmark-8211:6,881696
New Zealand-6141:7,388886
Saudi Arabia-4081:75,5218,273
Belgium
100%
2441:47,0902,381
Pakistan
70%
 
2431:799,82615,361
South Africa
100%
2331:234,04614,351
Russia
91%
 
2071:696,7816,827
Netherlands
100%
1841:91,8594,930
Indonesia-1641:1,572,94986,266
Portugal-1571:66,3112,082
India
97%
 
1041:11,681,519332,996
Philippines
97%
 
991:1,070,80328,597
Brazil
100%
951:2,255,11745,713
Mexico
100%
791:1,571,44810,388
Switzerland
98%
 
791:103,9683,224
Thailand
100%
721:973,13635,929
Afghanistan
 
80%
701:466,0508,041
Scotland
100%
621:86,2962,154
Ireland
100%
581:80,0612,187
Estonia-541:24,3591,899
Spain-391:1,193,0769,355
China-331:41,395,63061,770
Italy
98%
 
321:1,908,19013,475
Dominican Republic-251:417,25113,014
France
100%
221:3,021,37914,959
Austria
100%
201:425,7104,293
Greece
100%
181:607,4757,461
Singapore-171:369,82710,107
Wales
100%
151:206,2873,673
Chile
100%
131:1,354,40110,891
Israel
63%
 
111:763,90212,174
Argentina
100%
91:4,752,58312,276
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
Malaysia
100%
91:3,383,32786,111
Papua New Guinea
100%
91:905,81363,479
Belarus
100%
81:1,185,2986,117
Jamaica-81:360,40310,541
Kazakhstan
50%
 
81:2,218,35616,526
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
Taiwan
100%
81:2,971,21060,968
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
Ecuador-71:2,532,41712,755
Greenland-71:8,053908
Guatemala-71:2,301,2046,153
Hong Kong-71:1,107,5326,332
Nigeria
100%
71:25,366,337199,343
Peru
100%
71:4,541,63634,195
Northern Ireland-61:307,1912,078
Guyana-51:152,65210,224
South Korea-51:1,108,88418,705
Bermuda-41:16,2061,525
Botswana-41:546,11213,807
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
Egypt-41:22,975,23627,891
Fiji-41:223,0942,508
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Morocco-41:8,587,15911,086
Namibia-41:601,0457,837
Niger
100%
41:4,795,99843,246
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
41:27,8953,010
Uzbekistan-41:7,696,61011,277
Cyprus-31:290,3593,456
El Salvador-31:2,113,9299,538
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
Latvia-31:671,8823,893
Senegal-31:4,860,45220,187
Ukraine
67%
 
31:15,166,63617,541
Azerbaijan-21:4,821,47233,780
Haiti-21:5,363,47632,317
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Lithuania-21:1,475,9413,949
Mauritius-21:648,8928,630
Paraguay-21:3,618,40211,946
Venezuela-21:15,100,946147,145
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Cape Verde-11:529,1516,361
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Czechia
94%
 
11:10,656,16211,509
Falkland Islands-11:3,142392
Faroe Islands
100%
11:49,1272,467
French Polynesia-11:277,9023,605
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Jordan
100%
11:8,826,77411,126
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
North Macedonia-11:2,090,75715,787
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saint Barthelemy-11:9,555215
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Tuvalu-11:11,13189
Uganda-11:40,956,920131,348
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

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

Alf (1,587) may also be a surname.

Alf Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

ALFIE. Pet-forms of Alfred.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Teutonic name, meaning: Of shrewd perception.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Alf Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Álf891/
Alfe862,464/
Half86462/
Alft86101/
Alfs8641/
Allf8632/
Alff8617/
Galf8616/
Ealf868/
Alfh867/
Atlf865/
Aalf865/
Ailf865/
Aulf865/
Aslf863/
Ahlf862/
Alfz862/
Aelf861/
Alhf861/
Ailef7597/
Halfe7532/
Alfhe7521/
Halff7516/
Hallf7510/
Alffe759/
Alfhd758/
Allfe758/
Halft755/
Haulf754/
Halfh753/
Aulft752/
Aself752/
Ahlfe752/
Allfh752/
Gaulf751/
Asllf751/
Al-Fu751/
Alllf751/
Halvf751/
Uaelf751/
Healf751/
Ahalf751/
Alpfe751/
Alf'z751/
Aulfh751/
Alfph751/
Gailf751/
Hailf751/
Alb671,307/
Elf671,175/
Alv67686/
Olf67349/
Alw67180/
Halffe672/
Al-Waf672/
Ah Lef671/
Al Eff671/
Hallfe671/
Ialafy671/
Ayleff671/
Aicelf671/
Asself671/
Gailff671/
Hailef671/

Alf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Alf in the Russian language
Альфalf-

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