Anwar Forename
493rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,488,345 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Oman
Anwar Forename User-submission:
Enver is both a masculine given name and a surname. In Turkish, Albanian and Bosnian, it is the transliteration of the Arabic name Anwar, which means 'luminous'.
Anwar Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 54% | 391,445 | 1:497 | 63 |
| Yemen | - | 290,312 | 1:91 | 12 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 149,300 | 1:1,728 | 145 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 103,468 | 1:1,541 | 202 |
| India | 97% | 101,316 | 1:11,991 | 1,650 |
| Syria | - | 101,063 | 1:191 | 29 |
| Iraq | 79% | 72,049 | 1:486 | 108 |
| Sudan | 100% | 55,726 | 1:678 | 119 |
| Oman | 77% | 46,170 | 1:89 | 13 |
| Egypt | 98% | 31,014 | 1:2,963 | 393 |
| Afghanistan | 76% | 19,743 | 1:1,652 | 305 |
| Kuwait | - | 17,572 | 1:215 | 21 |
| Jordan | 55% | 15,742 | 1:561 | 145 |
| Libya | - | 12,853 | 1:484 | 85 |
| Palestine | 82% | 9,321 | 1:488 | 124 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 8,900 | 1:10,962 | 1,596 |
| Philippines | 99% | 7,249 | 1:14,624 | 1,724 |
| Morocco | 100% | 6,988 | 1:4,915 | 523 |
| United States | 91% | 5,248 | 1:69,081 | 3,477 |
| Israel | 53% | 4,123 | 1:2,038 | 427 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 3,912 | 1:7,784 | 908 |
| Somalia | - | 3,710 | 1:3,646 | 501 |
| Lebanon | 92% | 3,663 | 1:1,536 | 325 |
| England | 100% | 3,487 | 1:15,946 | 1,091 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,687 | 1:20,295 | 2,805 |
| Kenya | 89% | 2,536 | 1:18,260 | 1,856 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,686 | 1:770 | 90 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,243 | 1:1,085 | 179 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,115 | 1:29,716 | 2,371 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,112 | 1:12,229 | 1,984 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,002 | 1:20,758 | 2,728 |
| Spain | 100% | 911 | 1:51,076 | 2,027 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 825 | 1:215,230 | 9,087 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 775 | 1:68,114 | 4,456 |
| Algeria | 100% | 755 | 1:50,565 | 1,763 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 752 | 1:4,657 | 474 |
| Ghana | 100% | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Mexico | 100% | 657 | 1:188,957 | 3,483 |
| Thailand | 97% | 622 | 1:112,646 | 9,108 |
| Sweden | 77% | 515 | 1:19,142 | 1,361 |
| Poland | 100% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 423 | 1:1,600 | 322 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 348 | 1:20,552 | 2,110 |
| France | 91% | 262 | 1:253,704 | 3,718 |
| Djibouti | - | 239 | 1:3,831 | 444 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 232 | 1:72,854 | 4,298 |
| Australia | - | 188 | 1:72,647 | 3,014 |
| Germany | 100% | 176 | 1:549,306 | 5,557 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Suriname | 100% | 165 | 1:3,350 | 773 |
| Brazil | 100% | 161 | 1:1,330,659 | 31,970 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 155 | 1:198,622 | 4,583 |
| Uganda | 98% | 150 | 1:273,046 | 8,240 |
| Denmark | - | 146 | 1:38,695 | 1,653 |
| Norway | 100% | 132 | 1:38,881 | 1,769 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 123 | 1:245,544 | 8,343 |
| Colombia | 100% | 121 | 1:394,867 | 6,834 |
| Scotland | 100% | 118 | 1:45,342 | 1,501 |
| Maldives | 97% | 109 | 1:3,981 | 220 |
| Greece | 100% | 103 | 1:106,161 | 2,788 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 98 | 1:13,892 | 1,876 |
| Honduras | 100% | 73 | 1:120,787 | 3,576 |
| Belgium | 100% | 61 | 1:188,361 | 4,784 |
| Peru | 100% | 60 | 1:529,858 | 9,236 |
| Italy | 98% | 58 | 1:1,052,795 | 9,024 |
| Wales | 100% | 58 | 1:53,350 | 1,789 |
| Singapore | 83% | 52 | 1:120,905 | 7,686 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| Guyana | 100% | 44 | 1:17,347 | 2,240 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 41 | 1:579,748 | 30,088 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 40 | 1:136,822 | 1,350 |
| Chile | 100% | 38 | 1:463,348 | 5,820 |
| China | - | 38 | 1:35,948,836 | 61,432 |
| New Zealand | - | 36 | 1:126,001 | 4,937 |
| Panama | 100% | 32 | 1:122,080 | 5,617 |
| Finland | 70% | 31 | 1:176,877 | 3,198 |
| Qatar | 96% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Austria | 100% | 30 | 1:283,807 | 3,505 |
| Ireland | 100% | 29 | 1:160,121 | 3,351 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 26 | 1:315,904 | 6,089 |
| Burkina Faso | 63% | 24 | 1:765,811 | 22,877 |
| Russia | 100% | 23 | 1:6,271,031 | 28,173 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 15 | 1:401,222 | 7,581 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| Belize | 100% | 14 | 1:25,308 | 2,585 |
| Uruguay | - | 14 | 1:244,831 | 4,102 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Iran | - | 13 | 1:6,038,221 | 21,383 |
| Cameroon | - | 11 | 1:1,964,591 | 42,624 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 11 | 1:433,450 | 6,937 |
| Senegal | 100% | 11 | 1:1,325,578 | 10,886 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 9 | 1:1,713,757 | 49,613 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Romania | 100% | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Czechia | 67% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Niger | 100% | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Benin | 100% | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Anwàr (1) are calculated separately.
Anwar (1,271,334) may also be a surname.
Anwar Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Enver is both a masculine given name and a surname. In Turkish, Albanian and Bosnian, it is the transliteration of the Arabic name Anwar, which means 'luminous'.
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Anwar Demographics
Average Male Anwar Height
173.73 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 263 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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