Carlos Forename
26th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 9,618,779 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Guinea-Bissau
Carlos Forename Definition:
Teutonic (masculine) - Valiant,strong.
Carlos Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 1,692,417 | 1:127 | 8 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,164,234 | 1:107 | 11 |
| Argentina | 100% | 894,854 | 1:48 | 4 |
| Colombia | 100% | 847,053 | 1:56 | 6 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 494,363 | 1:61 | 5 |
| United States | 100% | 430,501 | 1:842 | 175 |
| Spain | 100% | 393,223 | 1:118 | 12 |
| Mozambique | - | 380,152 | 1:72 | 3 |
| Peru | 100% | 376,804 | 1:84 | 6 |
| Ecuador | - | 365,940 | 1:48 | 4 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 312,239 | 1:52 | 4 |
| Chile | 100% | 278,786 | 1:63 | 5 |
| Angola | 100% | 249,138 | 1:108 | 13 |
| Portugal | - | 198,243 | 1:53 | 8 |
| Honduras | 100% | 137,936 | 1:64 | 5 |
| Cuba | - | 128,428 | 1:90 | 9 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 127,941 | 1:83 | 5 |
| El Salvador | - | 122,815 | 1:52 | 6 |
| Philippines | 99% | 117,420 | 1:903 | 172 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 113,368 | 1:92 | 9 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 111,982 | 1:15 | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 99,198 | 1:48 | 5 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 94,299 | 1:77 | 4 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 75,773 | 1:79 | 5 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 72,738 | 1:47 | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 53,406 | 1:66 | 12 |
| Panama | 100% | 49,321 | 1:79 | 4 |
| France | 100% | 36,909 | 1:1,801 | 255 |
| East Timor | - | 20,680 | 1:59 | 15 |
| Canada | 100% | 13,893 | 1:2,385 | 477 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 11,648 | 1:6,338 | 746 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 10,738 | 1:106 | 18 |
| Cape Verde | - | 8,852 | 1:60 | 7 |
| Kenya | 100% | 8,463 | 1:5,472 | 847 |
| England | 100% | 7,683 | 1:7,237 | 652 |
| Germany | 100% | 5,989 | 1:16,143 | 851 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 5,920 | 1:1,387 | 290 |
| Burundi | - | 5,793 | 1:1,710 | 517 |
| Ghana | 100% | 5,450 | 1:4,952 | 629 |
| Thailand | 100% | 5,300 | 1:13,220 | 2,017 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5,146 | 1:2,233 | 479 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,743 | 1:11,498 | 1,888 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4,627 | 1:11,409 | 1,410 |
| Poland | 100% | 4,571 | 1:8,319 | 404 |
| Haiti | 100% | 3,589 | 1:2,989 | 461 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,279 | 1:6,591 | 923 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3,163 | 1:5,344 | 804 |
| Australia | - | 2,571 | 1:5,312 | 680 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,543 | 1:38,364 | 4,143 |
| Togo | - | 2,472 | 1:2,928 | 493 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| Malawi | 99% | 2,306 | 1:7,421 | 919 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,274 | 1:2,475 | 464 |
| Belize | 100% | 2,202 | 1:161 | 4 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,987 | 1:4,961 | 557 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1,858 | 1:304 | 67 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,793 | 1:143,873 | 15,026 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1,741 | 1:110 | 4 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,652 | 1:36,963 | 1,180 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,558 | 1:102,350 | 6,851 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,475 | 1:62,306 | 3,315 |
| Libya | - | 1,469 | 1:4,235 | 678 |
| Morocco | - | 1,447 | 1:23,738 | 1,361 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 1,204 | 1:129 | 7 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,119 | 1:494 | 51 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,107 | 1:27,834 | 3,534 |
| Comoros | - | 1,097 | 1:694 | 124 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,082 | 1:9,774 | 1,336 |
| Japan | - | 918 | 1:139,418 | 5,535 |
| Israel | 99% | 825 | 1:10,185 | 1,287 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 810 | 1:1,681 | 330 |
| Zambia | - | 746 | 1:21,253 | 1,799 |
| New Zealand | - | 727 | 1:6,239 | 800 |
| Gabon | - | 722 | 1:2,608 | 622 |
| Jamaica | - | 704 | 1:4,095 | 708 |
| Namibia | - | 659 | 1:3,648 | 591 |
| India | 99% | 632 | 1:1,922,275 | 101,633 |
| Chad | 100% | 618 | 1:22,004 | 2,892 |
| Palau | - | 615 | 1:35 | 8 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 614 | 1:49,593 | 4,103 |
| China | - | 582 | 1:2,347,175 | 44,800 |
| Aruba | - | 555 | 1:187 | 8 |
| Mali | 100% | 552 | 1:30,757 | 1,962 |
| Andorra | - | 508 | 1:163 | 28 |
| Norway | 100% | 469 | 1:10,943 | 913 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 443 | 1:400,822 | 13,518 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Guyana | 100% | 424 | 1:1,800 | 341 |
| Ireland | 100% | 392 | 1:11,846 | 777 |
| Uganda | 98% | 352 | 1:116,355 | 4,984 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 326 | 1:70,785 | 4,752 |
| Denmark | - | 324 | 1:17,437 | 1,110 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 320 | 1:48,199 | 4,215 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 298 | 1:79,764 | 10,275 |
| Liberia | 100% | 295 | 1:14,956 | 1,136 |
| Guam | - | 293 | 1:548 | 89 |
| Russia | 96% | 271 | 1:532,228 | 5,693 |
| Bahamas | - | 263 | 1:1,519 | 361 |
| Bahrain | - | 252 | 1:5,352 | 871 |
| Barbados | - | 238 | 1:1,218 | 288 |
| Iraq | 100% | 232 | 1:150,939 | 2,994 |
| Swaziland | - | 231 | 1:5,628 | 945 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 226 | 1:36,072 | 3,567 |
| Oman | - | 225 | 1:18,261 | 1,628 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 200 | 1:558 | 41 |
| Scotland | 100% | 195 | 1:27,438 | 1,164 |
| Romania | 100% | 191 | 1:104,984 | 4,563 |
| Malta | - | 187 | 1:2,296 | 414 |
| Hong Kong | - | 186 | 1:41,681 | 2,451 |
| Vanuatu | - | 186 | 1:1,407 | 400 |
| Senegal | 100% | 185 | 1:78,818 | 2,508 |
| Austria | 100% | 184 | 1:46,273 | 1,448 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 165 | 1:665 | 115 |
| Wales | 100% | 161 | 1:19,219 | 1,098 |
| Botswana | - | 148 | 1:14,760 | 1,918 |
| Singapore | 100% | 146 | 1:43,062 | 6,616 |
| Iceland | 100% | 145 | 1:2,524 | 404 |
| Czechia | 100% | 129 | 1:82,606 | 1,055 |
| Qatar | 100% | 128 | 1:18,513 | 2,768 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 125 | 1:4,648 | 602 |
| French Polynesia | - | 124 | 1:2,241 | 487 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Finland | 100% | 114 | 1:48,098 | 1,679 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 112 | 1:547 | 82 |
| Bermuda | - | 109 | 1:595 | 105 |
| Congo | 98% | 98 | 1:51,114 | 3,842 |
| Estonia | 100% | 97 | 1:13,561 | 1,351 |
| Guinea | 100% | 87 | 1:136,306 | 2,396 |
| Kuwait | - | 85 | 1:44,533 | 4,106 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 81 | 1:88,296 | 7,308 |
| South Korea | - | 77 | 1:72,005 | 4,171 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 70 | 1:1,420 | 306 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 67 | 1:816 | 159 |
| Macau | - | 64 | 1:9,503 | 274 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 63 | 1:291,738 | 11,664 |
| Afghanistan | - | 62 | 1:526,186 | 8,586 |
| Brunei | - | 60 | 1:6,993 | 634 |
| Jersey | - | 60 | 1:1,666 | 334 |
| Micronesia | - | 59 | 1:1,805 | 276 |
| Gibraltar | - | 50 | 1:683 | 143 |
| Rwanda | - | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Palestine | 100% | 43 | 1:105,815 | 1,916 |
| Mongolia | - | 37 | 1:79,319 | 5,615 |
| Hungary | 97% | 36 | 1:271,994 | 1,280 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 36 | 1:1,524 | 357 |
| Grenada | 100% | 35 | 1:3,089 | 583 |
| Lithuania | - | 34 | 1:86,820 | 1,412 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 33 | 1:290 | 98 |
| American Samoa | - | 32 | 1:1,745 | 269 |
| Jordan | 99% | 31 | 1:284,735 | 3,044 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 27 | 1:657,291 | 8,572 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 25 | 1:3,704,925 | 3,444 |
| Monaco | 100% | 24 | 1:1,603 | 333 |
| Turkey | - | 23 | 1:3,382,683 | 18,567 |
| Belarus | 88% | 22 | 1:431,017 | 2,916 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 20 | 1:92,157 | 1,452 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:1,562 | 349 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 19 | 1:698 | 89 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Syria | - | 19 | 1:1,016,109 | 3,204 |
| Tunisia | - | 19 | 1:35,626 | 2,100 |
| Ukraine | - | 19 | 1:2,394,732 | 5,652 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 18 | 1:9,879 | 1,352 |
| Greece | 100% | 17 | 1:643,209 | 7,655 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Albania | - | 14 | 1:217,612 | 11,047 |
| Dominica | - | 14 | 1:5,391 | 330 |
| Iran | - | 14 | 1:5,606,919 | 20,569 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 14 | 1:3,659 | 559 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 12 | 1:803,579 | 13,150 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| Cambodia | - | 11 | 1:1,479,394 | 19,817 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 10 | 1:3,786 | 437 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Armenia | 100% | 8 | 1:364,844 | 4,921 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 8 | 1:24,294,710 | 113,215 |
| Croatia | 100% | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Mauritania | - | 7 | 1:585,034 | 11,039 |
| Moldova | - | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 6 | 1:587,410 | 5,040 |
| Nepal | - | 6 | 1:4,747,892 | 50,788 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Niger | - | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Bhutan | - | 4 | 1:206,232 | 3,492 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Montenegro | - | 4 | 1:158,644 | 3,180 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| San Marino | 100% | 4 | 1:8,230 | 519 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 3 | 1:819,586 | 6,243 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Transnistria | - | 2 | 1:237,819 | 1,799 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Cárlos (5), Carlós (3), Carlòs (2) & Carlõs (1) are calculated separately.
Carlos (335,406) may also be a surname.
Carlos Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Teutonic (masculine) - Valiant,strong.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Spanish name, meaning: Form of Charles.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Carlos Forename Popularity
Carlos Demographics
Carlos Religious Adherence
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Sample size: 13 (2016)
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