Allan Forename
1,011th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 915,140 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Denmark
Allan Forename Definition:
A male name. Celtic Alun, said to mean ‘harmony'. The name of a popular early Welsh and Breton saint, Bishop of Quimper. It was introduced into England at the time of the Norman Conquest, notably by Alain Fergéant, Count of Brittany, and Alain le Roux, 1st Earl of Richmond, companions of the Conqueror, and soon became common.
Read More About This ForenameAllan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 270,347 | 1:392 | 36 |
| United States | 100% | 131,422 | 1:2,759 | 484 |
| Brazil | 100% | 72,042 | 1:2,974 | 442 |
| Kenya | 100% | 56,441 | 1:820 | 158 |
| Canada | 100% | 53,622 | 1:618 | 130 |
| England | 100% | 47,213 | 1:1,178 | 245 |
| Uganda | 99% | 28,596 | 1:1,432 | 232 |
| Australia | - | 25,507 | 1:535 | 123 |
| Denmark | - | 23,052 | 1:245 | 53 |
| Malawi | 99% | 19,185 | 1:892 | 194 |
| Scotland | 100% | 17,850 | 1:300 | 70 |
| Zambia | - | 17,222 | 1:921 | 209 |
| New Zealand | - | 11,234 | 1:404 | 80 |
| South Africa | 99% | 11,115 | 1:4,906 | 921 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 10,514 | 1:453 | 80 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 8,582 | 1:6,151 | 953 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8,288 | 1:1,064 | 187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 6,568 | 1:1,241 | 143 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 5,725 | 1:2,814 | 442 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 5,318 | 1:2,138 | 462 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,280 | 1:5,160 | 978 |
| Mexico | 100% | 4,784 | 1:25,950 | 1,395 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,547 | 1:634 | 155 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,837 | 1:806 | 194 |
| Madagascar | - | 3,628 | 1:6,513 | 1,242 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,484 | 1:7,746 | 812 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,432 | 1:2,872 | 395 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3,001 | 1:2,005 | 371 |
| Sudan | - | 2,975 | 1:12,708 | 1,431 |
| Indonesia | 67% | 2,626 | 1:98,234 | 11,078 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 2,559 | 1:6,027 | 902 |
| India | 100% | 2,556 | 1:475,304 | 38,806 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1,974 | 1:666 | 164 |
| France | 100% | 1,852 | 1:35,891 | 1,266 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,687 | 1:807 | 119 |
| Angola | - | 1,620 | 1:16,646 | 1,564 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,502 | 1:13,848 | 1,956 |
| Chile | 97% | 1,371 | 1:12,843 | 868 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 1,332 | 1:22,860 | 2,246 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,306 | 1:4,198 | 537 |
| China | - | 1,244 | 1:1,098,116 | 35,138 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,224 | 1:25,174 | 3,238 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,216 | 1:3,113 | 430 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,181 | 1:15,010 | 1,008 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,162 | 1:60,298 | 6,100 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1,097 | 1:21,668 | 3,951 |
| Qatar | 100% | 946 | 1:2,505 | 316 |
| Bahrain | - | 917 | 1:1,471 | 235 |
| Poland | 100% | 895 | 1:42,488 | 1,190 |
| Norway | 100% | 815 | 1:6,297 | 689 |
| Bahamas | - | 810 | 1:493 | 107 |
| Singapore | 100% | 788 | 1:7,978 | 1,553 |
| Panama | 100% | 775 | 1:5,041 | 849 |
| Vanuatu | - | 716 | 1:366 | 72 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 658 | 1:25,687 | 2,250 |
| Peru | 100% | 645 | 1:49,289 | 2,514 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 584 | 1:995 | 190 |
| Guyana | 100% | 583 | 1:1,309 | 219 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 550 | 1:18,966 | 1,807 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 545 | 1:55,416 | 3,148 |
| Ireland | 97% | 528 | 1:8,795 | 674 |
| Germany | 100% | 494 | 1:195,704 | 3,060 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Barbados | - | 448 | 1:647 | 149 |
| Belgium | 100% | 407 | 1:28,231 | 1,842 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 369 | 1:481,204 | 15,319 |
| Spain | 100% | 369 | 1:126,097 | 3,272 |
| Hong Kong | - | 357 | 1:21,716 | 2,166 |
| Suriname | 100% | 345 | 1:1,602 | 361 |
| Gabon | - | 321 | 1:5,867 | 1,120 |
| Russia | 99% | 318 | 1:453,565 | 5,147 |
| Pakistan | 85% | 312 | 1:622,941 | 13,236 |
| Palestine | 99% | 305 | 1:14,918 | 956 |
| Portugal | - | 295 | 1:35,291 | 1,384 |
| Oman | 100% | 286 | 1:14,366 | 1,449 |
| Belize | 100% | 273 | 1:1,298 | 285 |
| Japan | - | 263 | 1:486,639 | 10,908 |
| Egypt | 50% | 260 | 1:353,465 | 10,818 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 227 | 1:24,791 | 1,699 |
| El Salvador | - | 215 | 1:29,497 | 1,269 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 212 | 1:8,694 | 723 |
| Congo | 100% | 195 | 1:25,688 | 2,445 |
| Colombia | 100% | 194 | 1:246,283 | 5,256 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 192 | 1:42,779 | 2,027 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 185 | 1:961 | 150 |
| Haiti | 100% | 173 | 1:62,006 | 3,935 |
| Botswana | 100% | 158 | 1:13,826 | 1,833 |
| Cameroon | 67% | 148 | 1:146,017 | 6,800 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 144 | 1:512,692 | 17,971 |
| Grenada | 100% | 141 | 1:767 | 135 |
| Guam | - | 140 | 1:1,147 | 256 |
| Malta | - | 136 | 1:3,157 | 513 |
| Jordan | 100% | 134 | 1:65,871 | 1,739 |
| Bermuda | - | 126 | 1:514 | 82 |
| Greenland | - | 126 | 1:447 | 94 |
| Cuba | - | 113 | 1:101,828 | 2,056 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 113 | 1:987 | 141 |
| Argentina | 90% | 106 | 1:403,521 | 3,359 |
| Jersey | 100% | 104 | 1:961 | 210 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 96 | 1:74,500 | 6,385 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 94 | 1:58,222 | 856 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 90 | 1:546 | 112 |
| Italy | 96% | 90 | 1:678,468 | 6,604 |
| Czechia | 100% | 89 | 1:119,732 | 1,249 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 82 | 1:748 | 140 |
| Iraq | 100% | 77 | 1:454,777 | 5,303 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 76 | 1:1,308 | 280 |
| Mauritius | - | 65 | 1:19,966 | 1,926 |
| Aruba | - | 63 | 1:1,647 | 343 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 62 | 1:1,770 | 362 |
| Ukraine | 98% | 59 | 1:771,185 | 2,851 |
| Brunei | 100% | 56 | 1:7,492 | 664 |
| South Korea | - | 55 | 1:100,808 | 5,118 |
| Dominica | - | 53 | 1:1,424 | 267 |
| Austria | 100% | 52 | 1:163,735 | 2,710 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 52 | 1:5,195 | 708 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 49 | 1:362,181 | 6,205 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:235,735 | 640 |
| Greece | 100% | 45 | 1:242,990 | 4,535 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 42 | 1:1,508 | 269 |
| Burkina Faso | 89% | 37 | 1:496,742 | 16,963 |
| Vietnam | - | 37 | 1:2,503,327 | 3,254 |
| Gibraltar | - | 36 | 1:948 | 199 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 36 | 1:98,619 | 1,880 |
| Yemen | - | 36 | 1:730,465 | 2,750 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:992 | 223 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 32 | 1:1,708 | 366 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,008 | 219 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 31 | 1:28,099 | 1,559 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 29 | 1:183,106 | 1,295 |
| Liberia | 93% | 28 | 1:157,574 | 6,010 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 26 | 1:2,110 | 475 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Ethiopia | - | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Namibia | - | 25 | 1:96,167 | 4,687 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 25 | 1:137,105 | 3,072 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 24 | 1:1,359,313 | 14,542 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:756 | 116 |
| Paraguay | 94% | 24 | 1:301,534 | 3,938 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 21 | 1:774,920 | 13,633 |
| Croatia | 100% | 21 | 1:200,813 | 3,495 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Niger | 71% | 16 | 1:1,199,000 | 17,651 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 15 | 1:642,863 | 11,711 |
| Macau | - | 15 | 1:40,547 | 508 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 13 | 1:1,020 | 161 |
| Israel | 50% | 13 | 1:646,378 | 11,150 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 13 | 1:448 | 125 |
| Algeria | - | 11 | 1:3,470,611 | 8,195 |
| Belarus | 100% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| Hungary | 100% | 11 | 1:890,161 | 2,642 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 11 | 1:223,523 | 3,995 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 10 | 1:5,123 | 786 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Syria | - | 8 | 1:2,413,259 | 4,659 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 7 | 1:3,296,562 | 60,611 |
| Tunisia | - | 7 | 1:96,700 | 5,802 |
| Benin | - | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Bolivia | - | 5 | 1:2,120,281 | 4,345 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Iceland | 100% | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Nauru | 100% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Lesotho | - | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nepal | 100% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Állan (8), Allán (8) & Àllan (3) are calculated separately.
Allan (119,457) may also be a surname.
Allan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Celtic Alun, said to mean ‘harmony'. The name of a popular early Welsh and Breton saint, Bishop of Quimper. It was introduced into England at the time of the Norman Conquest, notably by Alain Fergéant, Count of Brittany, and Alain le Roux, 1st Earl of Richmond, companions of the Conqueror, and soon became common. In French it was Alain and Alein, and the spellings Allan and Allen have both been used in England. Alan is the commonest form at the present time. From the 14th to 16th C it was usually Aleyn, Aleyne. It has always been most popular in the North and especially in Scotland and has given rise to a number of surnames. Alain is still a favourite name in Brittany, but is not much used in the rest of France.
Alanus Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1071-5, Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1189-1212, Feudal Aids 1284. Aleyne 15th C Brut. Aleyn Promptorium Parvulorum. c. 1440.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
ALLEN. Variations of Alan, q. v.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Doubtless the same name as Alan.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Gaelic name: Ailean, Early Irish Ailéne, Adamnan’s Ailenus, from al, rock? The Norman Alan, whence Scotch Allan mostly, is Old Brythonic Alan, Alamnus, Nennius Alanus, from Alemannus, the German tribe name - “All Men.” Cf. Norman, Frank, Dugall, Fingall. Hence Mac-allau.
— Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain
Allan Forename Popularity
Allan Demographics
Allan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 20 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Allan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Allan in the Russian language | ||
| Аллан | allan | - |
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