Allen Forename
1,831st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 544,884 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Allen 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 ForenameAllen Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 316,612 | 1:1,145 | 251 |
| Uganda | 99% | 82,752 | 1:495 | 96 |
| Philippines | 75% | 30,931 | 1:3,427 | 617 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 18,396 | 1:2,870 | 532 |
| Canada | 100% | 17,147 | 1:1,932 | 404 |
| England | 100% | 11,746 | 1:4,734 | 528 |
| South Africa | 93% | 7,492 | 1:7,279 | 1,332 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 5,693 | 1:2,709 | 489 |
| Australia | - | 5,078 | 1:2,690 | 458 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,877 | 1:6,961 | 762 |
| China | - | 3,825 | 1:357,139 | 22,461 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 3,325 | 1:53,403 | 3,813 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 2,417 | 1:4,705 | 866 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,040 | 1:15,104 | 2,092 |
| Indonesia | - | 2,020 | 1:127,705 | 13,679 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,989 | 1:2,281 | 420 |
| India | 82% | 1,758 | 1:691,057 | 50,580 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90% | 1,564 | 1:5,212 | 552 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,558 | 1:373 | 71 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,552 | 1:2,843 | 397 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,375 | 1:115,972 | 7,431 |
| Malawi | 80% | 1,290 | 1:13,265 | 1,360 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,111 | 1:192,832 | 8,727 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 1,055 | 1:28,863 | 2,679 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,012 | 1:4,711 | 616 |
| Wales | 100% | 808 | 1:3,830 | 520 |
| Zambia | - | 769 | 1:20,617 | 1,763 |
| Kenya | 92% | 731 | 1:63,348 | 3,965 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 642 | 1:16,248 | 1,632 |
| Scotland | 100% | 614 | 1:8,714 | 650 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 592 | 1:3,113 | 431 |
| Mexico | 86% | 515 | 1:241,057 | 3,931 |
| Cameroon | 97% | 475 | 1:45,496 | 3,060 |
| Ireland | 90% | 449 | 1:10,342 | 725 |
| Hong Kong | - | 430 | 1:18,030 | 2,051 |
| Chile | 69% | 394 | 1:44,688 | 1,680 |
| Egypt | 66% | 390 | 1:235,643 | 8,182 |
| Namibia | - | 378 | 1:6,360 | 877 |
| Botswana | 100% | 375 | 1:5,825 | 957 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 360 | 1:66,027 | 9,090 |
| Swaziland | - | 359 | 1:3,622 | 724 |
| Thailand | 100% | 342 | 1:204,871 | 13,387 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 333 | 1:21,477 | 2,203 |
| Poland | 100% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Kuwait | - | 323 | 1:11,719 | 1,383 |
| Singapore | 87% | 319 | 1:19,709 | 3,607 |
| Peru | 97% | 287 | 1:110,772 | 3,812 |
| Bahamas | - | 282 | 1:1,416 | 340 |
| Jamaica | - | 261 | 1:11,047 | 1,208 |
| Russia | 88% | 246 | 1:586,316 | 6,042 |
| Gabon | 100% | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| Germany | 100% | 236 | 1:409,652 | 4,712 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 210 | 1:143,819 | 5,819 |
| Panama | 100% | 198 | 1:19,730 | 1,960 |
| Haiti | 100% | 187 | 1:57,363 | 3,712 |
| Colombia | 87% | 177 | 1:269,937 | 5,510 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 174 | 1:533 | 116 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Honduras | 100% | 160 | 1:55,109 | 2,401 |
| Qatar | 100% | 158 | 1:14,998 | 2,304 |
| Japan | - | 142 | 1:901,310 | 14,396 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Belize | 100% | 132 | 1:2,684 | 614 |
| Congo | 95% | 125 | 1:40,074 | 3,267 |
| Ecuador | - | 122 | 1:145,303 | 2,935 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 117 | 1:144,462 | 6,338 |
| Sweden | 92% | 117 | 1:84,256 | 3,811 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 110 | 1:671,160 | 22,021 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Lebanon | 84% | 105 | 1:53,596 | 2,434 |
| France | 100% | 99 | 1:671,418 | 6,323 |
| South Korea | - | 95 | 1:58,362 | 3,686 |
| Marshall Islands | 98% | 90 | 1:569 | 41 |
| Spain | 100% | 89 | 1:522,809 | 6,497 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| Guam | - | 77 | 1:2,086 | 455 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 77 | 1:1,425 | 293 |
| Brunei | - | 76 | 1:5,521 | 567 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 70 | 1:230,120 | 3,216 |
| Malta | - | 68 | 1:6,314 | 764 |
| Nicaragua | 93% | 67 | 1:89,826 | 3,282 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 66 | 1:124,447 | 3,582 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 62 | 1:21,958 | 2,521 |
| Denmark | - | 56 | 1:100,884 | 2,907 |
| Iraq | - | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Belgium | 100% | 52 | 1:220,962 | 5,169 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| Grenada | 87% | 41 | 1:2,637 | 528 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:781 | 145 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 39 | 1:836,500 | 11,153 |
| Croatia | 100% | 38 | 1:110,976 | 2,598 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 38 | 1:467,022 | 7,101 |
| Italy | 82% | 36 | 1:1,696,169 | 12,510 |
| Bermuda | - | 34 | 1:1,907 | 425 |
| Estonia | 100% | 34 | 1:38,688 | 2,486 |
| Norway | 100% | 34 | 1:150,951 | 4,193 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Greece | 100% | 32 | 1:341,705 | 5,459 |
| Mauritius | - | 32 | 1:40,556 | 2,720 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 32 | 1:1,708 | 366 |
| Saint Lucia | 90% | 32 | 1:5,557 | 900 |
| Guyana | 100% | 31 | 1:24,621 | 2,839 |
| Barbados | - | 30 | 1:9,660 | 1,049 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 28 | 1:122,416 | 2,875 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 23 | 1:37,873 | 1,806 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 23 | 1:8,450,334 | 65,173 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:2,786 | 595 |
| Kosovo | - | 20 | 1:93,072 | 5,301 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 20 | 1:122,938 | 3,134 |
| Ivory Coast | 90% | 19 | 1:1,214,523 | 33,777 |
| Turkey | 86% | 18 | 1:4,322,317 | 20,987 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Argentina | 73% | 17 | 1:2,516,073 | 8,541 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Jersey | 100% | 15 | 1:6,665 | 705 |
| Ukraine | 75% | 15 | 1:3,033,327 | 6,531 |
| Armenia | 100% | 14 | 1:208,482 | 3,697 |
| El Salvador | - | 14 | 1:452,985 | 4,295 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Finland | 94% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 12 | 1:7,718,593 | 3,884 |
| Austria | 100% | 11 | 1:774,018 | 6,072 |
| Belarus | 88% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Hungary | 100% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Moldova | - | 10 | 1:356,114 | 2,508 |
| Romania | 100% | 10 | 1:2,005,198 | 23,363 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Czechia | 100% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Iran | - | 7 | 1:11,213,838 | 30,178 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Oman | - | 7 | 1:586,952 | 5,255 |
| Bolivia | - | 6 | 1:1,766,901 | 4,084 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Cuba | - | 6 | 1:1,917,759 | 4,898 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Lesotho | 67% | 6 | 1:340,000 | 19,758 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Israel | 100% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Luxembourg | - | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Jordan | 67% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Ällen (3) are calculated separately.
Allen (890,750) may also be a surname.
Allen 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
According to some this is the same name as Allan and Alan. Lower shows that it is found written Allayne. It is a probable corruption of the name Alwine, q. v.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Allen Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 18 (2016)
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Allen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Allen in the Russian language | ||
| Аллен | allen | - |
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