Alpha Forename
2,522nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 408,970 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Guinea
Highest density in:
Guinea
Alpha Forename Definition:
Al'-fah, the first letter in the Greek alphabet. Omega being the last. Both are titles appropriated to Christ, Rev. i. 8; xxi. 6; denoting his perfection and eternity.
Read More About This ForenameAlpha Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 100% | 202,592 | 1:59 | 10 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 61,206 | 1:116 | 22 |
| DR Congo | 70% | 26,713 | 1:2,764 | 416 |
| Senegal | 100% | 22,405 | 1:651 | 115 |
| Mali | 99% | 19,661 | 1:864 | 140 |
| Tanzania | 88% | 11,773 | 1:4,484 | 755 |
| Gambia | - | 7,689 | 1:251 | 58 |
| Nigeria | 84% | 6,875 | 1:25,828 | 2,406 |
| United States | 58% | 5,883 | 1:61,625 | 3,223 |
| Philippines | 91% | 4,192 | 1:25,289 | 2,399 |
| Madagascar | - | 3,628 | 1:6,513 | 1,242 |
| Rwanda | - | 3,384 | 1:3,360 | 662 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3,360 | 1:6,868 | 785 |
| Congo | 51% | 3,119 | 1:1,606 | 261 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,753 | 1:2,517 | 364 |
| Malawi | 57% | 1,734 | 1:9,869 | 1,106 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,650 | 1:96,643 | 6,671 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,461 | 1:18,471 | 1,437 |
| Chad | 95% | 1,421 | 1:9,570 | 1,567 |
| Kenya | 83% | 1,414 | 1:32,749 | 2,662 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,007 | 1:10,502 | 1,404 |
| India | 73% | 940 | 1:1,292,423 | 77,801 |
| France | 100% | 939 | 1:70,788 | 1,843 |
| Burkina Faso | 92% | 908 | 1:20,242 | 1,826 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 906 | 1:4,520 | 469 |
| Morocco | - | 846 | 1:40,601 | 1,852 |
| Cameroon | 50% | 832 | 1:25,974 | 2,116 |
| South Africa | 76% | 781 | 1:69,824 | 6,427 |
| Zimbabwe | 53% | 746 | 1:20,675 | 2,243 |
| Zambia | - | 710 | 1:22,331 | 1,857 |
| Canada | 100% | 578 | 1:57,324 | 3,608 |
| Gabon | 56% | 561 | 1:3,357 | 747 |
| Niger | 92% | 548 | 1:35,007 | 1,999 |
| Uganda | 71% | 511 | 1:80,151 | 3,992 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 445 | 1:579,694 | 41,921 |
| England | 78% | 442 | 1:125,798 | 4,402 |
| Namibia | - | 317 | 1:7,584 | 988 |
| Brazil | 100% | 277 | 1:773,416 | 22,025 |
| Spain | 100% | 265 | 1:175,585 | 3,827 |
| Mexico | 99% | 242 | 1:512,994 | 5,701 |
| Belgium | 65% | 196 | 1:58,623 | 2,654 |
| China | - | 194 | 1:7,041,525 | 59,360 |
| Netherlands | 56% | 184 | 1:91,859 | 4,930 |
| Egypt | 50% | 174 | 1:528,166 | 14,341 |
| Botswana | 67% | 142 | 1:15,383 | 1,984 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85% | 138 | 1:59,075 | 5,688 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 110 | 1:12,377 | 1,743 |
| Malaysia | 76% | 73 | 1:417,122 | 19,251 |
| Haiti | 100% | 71 | 1:151,084 | 7,484 |
| Australia | - | 68 | 1:200,847 | 5,036 |
| Germany | 97% | 68 | 1:1,421,733 | 9,557 |
| Israel | 53% | 67 | 1:125,417 | 4,868 |
| Nepal | 97% | 66 | 1:431,627 | 13,419 |
| Hong Kong | - | 55 | 1:140,959 | 3,027 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 55 | 1:130,036 | 9,245 |
| Jamaica | - | 54 | 1:53,393 | 2,955 |
| Angola | - | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Sweden | 87% | 40 | 1:246,448 | 8,022 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Italy | 78% | 36 | 1:1,696,169 | 12,510 |
| Russia | 75% | 36 | 1:4,006,492 | 21,115 |
| Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Greece | 100% | 31 | 1:352,727 | 5,549 |
| Guyana | 100% | 30 | 1:25,442 | 2,915 |
| Grenada | 75% | 27 | 1:4,005 | 688 |
| Singapore | 100% | 27 | 1:232,854 | 8,839 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:21,517 | 1,702 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Switzerland | 52% | 26 | 1:315,904 | 6,089 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| Denmark | - | 23 | 1:245,630 | 5,032 |
| Saint Lucia | 70% | 23 | 1:7,731 | 1,158 |
| Thailand | 69% | 23 | 1:3,046,340 | 70,930 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 19 | 1:1,717,027 | 16,500 |
| Algeria | - | 18 | 1:2,120,929 | 6,835 |
| New Zealand | - | 18 | 1:252,002 | 7,674 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71% | 17 | 1:6,564 | 1,053 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 17 | 1:1,398,217 | 44,417 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 16 | 1:12,147,355 | 77,853 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Lithuania | - | 12 | 1:245,990 | 2,023 |
| Iceland | - | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Chile | 100% | 10 | 1:1,760,721 | 12,680 |
| Colombia | - | 10 | 1:4,777,893 | 27,360 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Vietnam | - | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Honduras | 67% | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Scotland | 100% | 8 | 1:668,796 | 7,564 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Czechia | 63% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Wales | 100% | 7 | 1:442,044 | 5,971 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| Monaco | - | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Lebanon | - | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Nicaragua | 67% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Venezuela | - | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Ireland | 67% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Finland | 50% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Kazakhstan | 75% | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
Alpha (34,579) may also be a surname.
Alpha Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Al'-fah, the first letter in the Greek alphabet. Omega being the last. Both are titles appropriated to Christ, Rev. i. 8; xxi. 6; denoting his perfection and eternity.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: first letter of the Greek alphabet: beginning.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Greek name, meaning: The first-born: first letter of the Greek alphabet.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Greek name, meaning: The first. This being the first letter of the Greek alphabet, from ancient times it has been bestowed upon a first-born child. The original Phoenician symbol is an axe.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
Alpha is a masculine given name common in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, particularly among the Fula and Mandingo peoples. Contrary to the Greek letter, this name is derived from the title Alfa, which is a Fula borrowing of the Arabic Al-Faqih, meaning 'The Jurist' or 'The Scholar.' It was historically used as a title for religious and political leaders (such as the Almamys of Fouta Djallon) before becoming a common first name denoting leadership and intellect.
- jakep2Alpha Forename Popularity
Alpha Demographics
Average Alpha Salary in
United States
$33,766 USD
Per year
Rank:
341,808 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00137382
Rank: 3,547 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
77.57%
Sample size: 3,354 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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