Axel Forename
4,881st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 214,268 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Gabon
Axel Forename User-submission:
Don't confuse yourself with the forenames Axel and Alex. Axel is a Northern European forename that means either 'divine helmet' or 'protected by god'. Alex is a Germanic (also Slavic and Greek) colloquial equivalent of Alexander, a Greek forename meaning 'defender of man'.
Read More About This ForenameAxel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 124,966 | 1:774 | 189 |
| Sweden | 100% | 10,241 | 1:963 | 165 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 9,269 | 1:1,738 | 327 |
| France | 100% | 8,040 | 1:8,267 | 588 |
| Mexico | 97% | 5,802 | 1:21,397 | 1,271 |
| United States | 100% | 5,256 | 1:68,976 | 3,473 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 4,287 | 1:17,221 | 1,484 |
| Spain | 100% | 4,169 | 1:11,161 | 807 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,969 | 1:475 | 68 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,916 | 1:2,934 | 565 |
| Chile | 99% | 2,688 | 1:6,550 | 602 |
| Denmark | - | 2,607 | 1:2,167 | 356 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,069 | 1:103,546 | 5,677 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,945 | 1:8,690 | 1,124 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,578 | 1:3,174 | 522 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,570 | 1:164,308 | 16,679 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1,513 | 1:28,270 | 1,092 |
| Philippines | 88% | 1,445 | 1:73,363 | 4,613 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,347 | 1:6,321 | 507 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 1,291 | 1:4,662 | 692 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,137 | 1:7,224 | 864 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,078 | 1:28,017 | 2,077 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,069 | 1:20,216 | 1,806 |
| Norway | 100% | 994 | 1:5,163 | 618 |
| Thailand | 100% | 838 | 1:83,611 | 7,500 |
| Canada | 100% | 823 | 1:40,259 | 2,879 |
| Poland | 100% | 754 | 1:50,434 | 1,356 |
| England | 100% | 650 | 1:85,543 | 3,387 |
| Finland | 100% | 552 | 1:9,933 | 806 |
| Iceland | 100% | 511 | 1:716 | 145 |
| Panama | 100% | 487 | 1:8,022 | 1,152 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 432 | 1:24,146 | 2,124 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 425 | 1:8,354 | 608 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 401 | 1:11,890 | 1,041 |
| Ecuador | - | 363 | 1:48,834 | 1,748 |
| Honduras | 100% | 337 | 1:26,165 | 1,651 |
| Peru | 97% | 307 | 1:103,555 | 3,674 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 298 | 1:77,436 | 5,044 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| South Africa | 100% | 264 | 1:206,563 | 13,180 |
| Egypt | 100% | 260 | 1:353,465 | 10,818 |
| Russia | 96% | 253 | 1:570,094 | 5,935 |
| Namibia | - | 228 | 1:10,545 | 1,261 |
| Australia | - | 204 | 1:66,949 | 2,860 |
| Portugal | - | 194 | 1:53,664 | 1,818 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Italy | 94% | 190 | 1:321,379 | 3,926 |
| Benin | 100% | 130 | 1:81,353 | 5,435 |
| French Polynesia | - | 124 | 1:2,241 | 487 |
| Colombia | 99% | 121 | 1:394,867 | 6,834 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 113 | 1:93,818 | 2,468 |
| Japan | - | 103 | 1:1,242,583 | 16,369 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| China | - | 85 | 1:16,071,244 | 60,092 |
| New Zealand | - | 84 | 1:54,001 | 2,860 |
| Romania | 100% | 81 | 1:247,555 | 8,095 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 79 | 1:91,605 | 2,426 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 78 | 1:3,464 | 549 |
| Estonia | 100% | 77 | 1:17,083 | 1,563 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 76 | 1:7,422 | 687 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 66 | 1:51,934 | 1,843 |
| Cuba | - | 65 | 1:177,024 | 2,732 |
| El Salvador | - | 59 | 1:107,488 | 2,183 |
| Singapore | 100% | 57 | 1:110,299 | 7,549 |
| Israel | 72% | 49 | 1:171,488 | 5,740 |
| India | 100% | 46 | 1:26,410,391 | 565,869 |
| Greece | 100% | 41 | 1:266,696 | 4,766 |
| Ireland | 100% | 35 | 1:132,672 | 2,941 |
| Scotland | 100% | 35 | 1:152,868 | 3,016 |
| Hong Kong | - | 34 | 1:228,021 | 3,365 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 32 | 1:951,561 | 34,118 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 31 | 1:592,886 | 19,199 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Czechia | 100% | 27 | 1:394,673 | 2,241 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Central African Republic | - | 25 | 1:180,616 | 330 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| Hungary | 100% | 24 | 1:407,990 | 1,624 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Croatia | 100% | 21 | 1:200,813 | 3,495 |
| Jamaica | - | 21 | 1:137,297 | 5,200 |
| Latvia | - | 19 | 1:106,087 | 1,963 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:3,275 | 583 |
| Albania | 85% | 14 | 1:217,612 | 11,047 |
| Barbados | - | 13 | 1:22,291 | 1,774 |
| Belarus | 100% | 13 | 1:729,414 | 4,213 |
| Kazakhstan | 83% | 13 | 1:1,365,142 | 12,672 |
| Monaco | 100% | 11 | 1:3,497 | 622 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Belize | 100% | 10 | 1:35,431 | 3,151 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Armenia | 100% | 9 | 1:324,306 | 4,600 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 9 | 1:19,729,373 | 174,791 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:12,194 | 1,546 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 7 | 1:803,939 | 7,854 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 7 | 1:5,408 | 486 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Cyprus | - | 5 | 1:174,215 | 3,223 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Wales | 100% | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Liberia | - | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
The alternate forms: Áxel (3), Axél (2), Axèl (1), Axël (1) & Âxel (1) are calculated separately.
Axel (2,759) may also be a surname.
Axel Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Don't confuse yourself with the forenames Axel and Alex. Axel is a Northern European forename that means either 'divine helmet' or 'protected by god'. Alex is a Germanic (also Slavic and Greek) colloquial equivalent of Alexander, a Greek forename meaning 'defender of man'.
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Axel Demographics
Average Axel Salary in
United States
$44,830 USD
Per year
Rank:
185,043 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00128288
Rank: 3,690 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
102.99%
Sample size: 2,359 (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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