Amal Forename
443rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,586,390 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Jordan
Amal Forename Definition:
Ay'-mal, labour, iniquity. A descendant of Asher. 1 Chron. vii. 35.
Read More About This ForenameAmal Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 100% | 383,449 | 1:240 | 31 |
| Iraq | 92% | 193,731 | 1:181 | 18 |
| Morocco | 100% | 176,144 | 1:195 | 34 |
| Sudan | 100% | 150,717 | 1:251 | 29 |
| India | 100% | 147,877 | 1:8,215 | 1,054 |
| Yemen | - | 94,303 | 1:279 | 43 |
| Jordan | 100% | 68,974 | 1:128 | 11 |
| Palestine | 100% | 35,452 | 1:128 | 12 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 34,505 | 1:138 | 48 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 32,499 | 1:173 | 21 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 30,260 | 1:687 | 111 |
| Syria | - | 24,534 | 1:787 | 153 |
| Algeria | 98% | 23,095 | 1:1,653 | 297 |
| Libya | - | 20,198 | 1:308 | 48 |
| Kuwait | - | 15,663 | 1:242 | 29 |
| Uzbekistan | 93% | 14,983 | 1:2,055 | 446 |
| Somalia | - | 13,922 | 1:972 | 168 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13,362 | 1:535 | 59 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 12,860 | 1:272 | 57 |
| Iran | 100% | 10,675 | 1:7,353 | 677 |
| Israel | 93% | 9,780 | 1:859 | 186 |
| Bangladesh | 91% | 9,165 | 1:17,399 | 2,034 |
| Oman | 100% | 8,124 | 1:506 | 67 |
| Pakistan | 71% | 6,028 | 1:32,242 | 2,157 |
| United States | 92% | 5,984 | 1:60,584 | 3,189 |
| Indonesia | 93% | 5,751 | 1:44,855 | 5,798 |
| Bahrain | - | 5,653 | 1:239 | 27 |
| Chad | 95% | 5,190 | 1:2,620 | 374 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,704 | 1:12,562 | 867 |
| Tunisia | 99% | 3,022 | 1:224 | 19 |
| France | 98% | 2,280 | 1:29,154 | 1,139 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,196 | 1:44,426 | 4,461 |
| Kenya | - | 2,189 | 1:21,154 | 2,031 |
| Russia | 91% | 1,658 | 1:86,993 | 1,725 |
| England | 52% | 1,650 | 1:33,699 | 1,822 |
| Djibouti | - | 1,566 | 1:585 | 134 |
| Malaysia | 68% | 1,361 | 1:22,373 | 2,211 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,343 | 1:24,671 | 2,101 |
| Sweden | 99% | 1,278 | 1:7,714 | 740 |
| Belgium | 100% | 904 | 1:12,710 | 1,204 |
| Afghanistan | 58% | 863 | 1:37,802 | 2,107 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 862 | 1:205,991 | 8,850 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Thailand | 89% | 802 | 1:87,364 | 7,743 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 768 | 1:22,008 | 2,050 |
| Azerbaijan | 80% | 548 | 1:17,597 | 1,774 |
| Poland | 50% | 518 | 1:73,411 | 1,760 |
| Germany | 98% | 433 | 1:223,275 | 3,321 |
| Kazakhstan | 79% | 421 | 1:42,154 | 1,854 |
| Brunei | 86% | 296 | 1:1,417 | 142 |
| Philippines | 54% | 294 | 1:360,576 | 13,349 |
| Tajikistan | 86% | 286 | 1:29,283 | 1,760 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 277 | 1:109,032 | 4,819 |
| Tanzania | 76% | 272 | 1:194,075 | 8,190 |
| Denmark | - | 271 | 1:20,847 | 1,210 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Australia | - | 203 | 1:67,279 | 2,874 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 201 | 1:20,374 | 1,457 |
| Brazil | 100% | 196 | 1:1,093,042 | 27,903 |
| Norway | 100% | 138 | 1:37,191 | 1,720 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 96 | 1:85,557 | 2,901 |
| South Africa | 70% | 95 | 1:574,028 | 26,238 |
| Italy | 98% | 94 | 1:649,597 | 6,400 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 87 | 1:14,917 | 1,616 |
| New Zealand | - | 78 | 1:58,154 | 2,996 |
| Greece | 100% | 61 | 1:179,255 | 3,836 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 60 | 1:91,214 | 1,049 |
| Austria | 100% | 59 | 1:144,308 | 2,550 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74% | 59 | 1:138,175 | 12,211 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 75% | 58 | 1:102,988 | 6,749 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Senegal | 94% | 53 | 1:275,120 | 4,782 |
| Niger | 88% | 41 | 1:467,902 | 9,689 |
| Singapore | 100% | 40 | 1:157,176 | 8,073 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 38 | 1:607,261 | 21,231 |
| Czechia | 81% | 32 | 1:333,005 | 2,071 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Qatar | 96% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Wales | 87% | 31 | 1:99,816 | 2,444 |
| Finland | 78% | 27 | 1:203,081 | 3,450 |
| Scotland | 63% | 27 | 1:198,162 | 3,518 |
| Panama | 100% | 23 | 1:169,850 | 6,950 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Armenia | 95% | 20 | 1:145,938 | 3,082 |
| Benin | 100% | 20 | 1:528,792 | 17,134 |
| Mexico | 79% | 20 | 1:6,207,221 | 22,824 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 19 | 1:71,654 | 5,624 |
| Turkey | 100% | 19 | 1:4,094,827 | 20,430 |
| Uganda | 60% | 19 | 1:2,155,627 | 27,415 |
| Georgia | 71% | 18 | 1:207,693 | 5,544 |
| Ukraine | 56% | 18 | 1:2,527,773 | 5,844 |
| Hungary | 100% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| Maldives | 100% | 16 | 1:27,119 | 1,069 |
| Burkina Faso | 83% | 14 | 1:1,312,819 | 33,687 |
| Guyana | 100% | 12 | 1:63,605 | 5,544 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Belarus | 91% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 11 | 1:635,490 | 8,785 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 9 | 1:273,195 | 4,351 |
| South Sudan | 67% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Cameroon | 50% | 8 | 1:2,701,313 | 52,296 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 8 | 1:39,767 | 1,981 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Chile | 100% | 7 | 1:2,515,315 | 15,652 |
| Guinea | 100% | 7 | 1:1,694,092 | 4,404 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:773,920 | 6,824 |
| Cyprus | - | 6 | 1:145,179 | 3,172 |
| Honduras | - | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Liberia | 50% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Croatia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Nicaragua | - | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 1 | 1:53,551 | 905 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Ámal (2), Amál (2), Âmal (1), Amàl (1) & Ámál (1) are calculated separately.
Amal (87,499) may also be a surname.
Amal Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ay'-mal, labour, iniquity. A descendant of Asher. 1 Chron. vii. 35.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: perverseness.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
User-submitted Reference
Amal is a name from the Arabic word meaning 'hope'.
- azahranAmal Forename Popularity
Amal Demographics
Average Amal Salary in
United States
$47,825 USD
Per year
Rank:
151,487 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00173872
Rank: 3,002 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
109.87%
Sample size: 2,997 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Amal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amal in the Russian language | ||
| Амаль | amal | - |
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