Bilal Forename
1,518th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 647,216 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Lebanon
Bilal Forename User-submission:
Bilal (Arabic: بلال), pronounced [bɪlaːl], is both a given name and a surname of Arabic origin. It means 'full moon', 'water', 'victorious'.
Bilal Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 99% | 172,714 | 1:1,125 | 210 |
| Turkey | 100% | 106,778 | 1:729 | 147 |
| India | 100% | 59,236 | 1:20,509 | 2,918 |
| Iraq | 100% | 26,608 | 1:1,316 | 302 |
| Algeria | 100% | 24,422 | 1:1,563 | 286 |
| Jordan | 100% | 21,933 | 1:402 | 84 |
| Yemen | - | 20,823 | 1:1,263 | 205 |
| Egypt | 100% | 18,652 | 1:4,927 | 567 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 17,947 | 1:314 | 45 |
| Afghanistan | 97% | 15,722 | 1:2,075 | 368 |
| Morocco | 100% | 14,604 | 1:2,352 | 329 |
| Iran | 100% | 11,109 | 1:7,066 | 665 |
| Syria | - | 10,113 | 1:1,909 | 334 |
| Palestine | 100% | 9,769 | 1:466 | 114 |
| Sudan | 100% | 7,932 | 1:4,766 | 759 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 7,423 | 1:21,482 | 2,396 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 7,406 | 1:23,976 | 2,298 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 6,080 | 1:674 | 96 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 5,895 | 1:16,550 | 2,223 |
| Spain | 100% | 5,852 | 1:7,951 | 658 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,280 | 1:5,160 | 978 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 4,605 | 1:56,018 | 6,965 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,595 | 1:10,078 | 1,289 |
| Chad | 100% | 4,325 | 1:3,144 | 457 |
| Kuwait | - | 4,303 | 1:880 | 133 |
| Israel | 100% | 3,876 | 1:2,168 | 448 |
| United States | 100% | 3,535 | 1:102,556 | 4,518 |
| Oman | 100% | 3,446 | 1:1,192 | 180 |
| England | 100% | 3,408 | 1:16,315 | 1,107 |
| Niger | 94% | 3,124 | 1:6,141 | 709 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2,824 | 1:3,415 | 642 |
| Libya | - | 2,571 | 1:2,420 | 433 |
| Russia | 100% | 2,309 | 1:62,466 | 1,386 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,075 | 1:10,024 | 1,498 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,966 | 1:13,726 | 1,182 |
| Mali | 92% | 1,436 | 1:11,823 | 956 |
| Senegal | 98% | 1,357 | 1:10,745 | 794 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,350 | 1:24,543 | 2,096 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,304 | 1:41,820 | 4,556 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,224 | 1:25,174 | 3,238 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,197 | 1:80,767 | 1,860 |
| France | 100% | 1,177 | 1:56,474 | 1,625 |
| Belgium | 100% | 865 | 1:13,283 | 1,241 |
| Somalia | - | 838 | 1:16,141 | 1,296 |
| Djibouti | - | 826 | 1:1,109 | 217 |
| Albania | 100% | 680 | 1:4,480 | 882 |
| Sweden | 100% | 677 | 1:14,561 | 1,130 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 667 | 1:79,143 | 4,863 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 645 | 1:11,088 | 1,222 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 640 | 1:26,410 | 2,280 |
| Comoros | - | 627 | 1:1,214 | 222 |
| Bahrain | - | 562 | 1:2,400 | 403 |
| Poland | 100% | 518 | 1:73,411 | 1,760 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 398 | 1:1,701 | 340 |
| Denmark | - | 393 | 1:14,375 | 1,015 |
| Uganda | 96% | 375 | 1:109,218 | 4,805 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 334 | 1:10,484 | 683 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 305 | 1:70,854 | 4,162 |
| Thailand | 100% | 278 | 1:252,035 | 15,251 |
| Malawi | 100% | 275 | 1:62,227 | 3,900 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 239 | 1:127,406 | 8,409 |
| Austria | 100% | 222 | 1:38,352 | 1,294 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 221 | 1:9,460 | 1,312 |
| Australia | - | 220 | 1:62,080 | 2,706 |
| Greece | 100% | 220 | 1:49,702 | 1,734 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 220 | 1:80,667 | 2,707 |
| Gabon | 100% | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 194 | 1:158,693 | 3,996 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 193 | 1:1,648 | 382 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 191 | 1:31,274 | 3,326 |
| Scotland | 88% | 146 | 1:36,646 | 1,327 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 141 | 1:24,996 | 1,806 |
| Georgia | 99% | 141 | 1:26,514 | 1,667 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 133 | 1:62,969 | 2,408 |
| Norway | 100% | 129 | 1:39,785 | 1,802 |
| Brazil | 100% | 127 | 1:1,686,899 | 37,610 |
| Philippines | 97% | 126 | 1:841,345 | 24,130 |
| Serbia | 100% | 125 | 1:57,166 | 2,155 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 123 | 1:66,776 | 2,544 |
| Benin | 100% | 122 | 1:86,687 | 5,639 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 75 | 1:984,368 | 29,064 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Burkina Faso | 96% | 63 | 1:291,738 | 11,664 |
| Guinea | - | 59 | 1:200,994 | 2,553 |
| Wales | 100% | 52 | 1:59,506 | 1,904 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 50 | 1:461,519 | 17,671 |
| China | - | 47 | 1:29,065,017 | 60,971 |
| Italy | 100% | 46 | 1:1,327,437 | 10,603 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 44 | 1:55,881 | 2,174 |
| Finland | 95% | 42 | 1:130,552 | 2,715 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 40 | 1:136,822 | 1,350 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 35 | 1:199,725 | 5,024 |
| New Zealand | - | 34 | 1:133,413 | 5,144 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 31 | 1:974,255 | 21,161 |
| Ireland | 100% | 29 | 1:160,121 | 3,351 |
| Romania | 100% | 28 | 1:716,142 | 19,534 |
| Kosovo | - | 26 | 1:71,594 | 4,589 |
| Singapore | 100% | 26 | 1:241,810 | 8,930 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 24 | 1:26,441 | 1,698 |
| Ecuador | - | 23 | 1:770,736 | 6,723 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Belarus | 100% | 17 | 1:557,787 | 3,467 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Panama | 100% | 10 | 1:390,656 | 11,763 |
| Eritrea | - | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Ukraine | - | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Belize | 100% | 7 | 1:50,616 | 3,777 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 7 | 1:1,033,829 | 6,926 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 7 | 1:194,488 | 10,722 |
| Chile | 100% | 6 | 1:2,934,535 | 17,145 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Maldives | 100% | 6 | 1:72,317 | 2,029 |
| Mauritius | - | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Nepal | 100% | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Hungary | - | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| 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 | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Bilàl (2), Bilâl (2), Bílal (1), Bilál (1) & Bilãl (1) are calculated separately.
Bilal (498,151) may also be a surname.
Bilal Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Bilal (Arabic: بلال), pronounced [bɪlaːl], is both a given name and a surname of Arabic origin. It means 'full moon', 'water', 'victorious'.
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Bilal Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 119 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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Bilal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bilal in the Russian language | ||
| Билал | bilal | - |
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