Carol Forename
342nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,863,292 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Carol Forename Definition:
A male name. an anglicization of Czech Karel, Dutch Carolus (see Charles); very common in the USA and now becoming naturalized in England.
Carol Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 1,250,917 | 1:290 | 32 |
| England | 100% | 190,757 | 1:291 | 56 |
| Canada | 100% | 88,831 | 1:373 | 51 |
| South Africa | 99% | 33,740 | 1:1,616 | 252 |
| Australia | - | 22,218 | 1:615 | 143 |
| Philippines | 99% | 21,450 | 1:4,942 | 842 |
| Zambia | - | 20,383 | 1:778 | 172 |
| Scotland | 100% | 19,107 | 1:280 | 64 |
| Kenya | 100% | 13,148 | 1:3,522 | 588 |
| Chile | 98% | 12,716 | 1:1,385 | 244 |
| Wales | 100% | 12,045 | 1:257 | 47 |
| New Zealand | - | 11,598 | 1:391 | 75 |
| Brazil | 100% | 9,602 | 1:22,312 | 2,000 |
| Jamaica | - | 9,502 | 1:303 | 30 |
| Ireland | 99% | 8,565 | 1:542 | 117 |
| Mozambique | - | 8,160 | 1:3,339 | 695 |
| Peru | 98% | 6,586 | 1:4,827 | 731 |
| Uganda | 99% | 6,132 | 1:6,679 | 771 |
| Colombia | 100% | 6,023 | 1:7,933 | 780 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5,625 | 1:5,369 | 681 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92% | 4,841 | 1:1,684 | 200 |
| Northern Ireland | 99% | 4,756 | 1:388 | 92 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4,034 | 1:22,782 | 1,673 |
| France | 88% | 3,819 | 1:17,405 | 838 |
| Mexico | 97% | 3,570 | 1:34,774 | 1,604 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,497 | 1:1,363 | 270 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3,475 | 1:51,098 | 3,710 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,891 | 1:471 | 45 |
| China | - | 2,874 | 1:475,315 | 25,494 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,835 | 1:5,962 | 862 |
| Guatemala | 93% | 2,815 | 1:5,722 | 659 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,739 | 1:11,250 | 1,609 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,699 | 1:9,991 | 1,166 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 2,671 | 1:3,969 | 677 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,551 | 1:4,089 | 624 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 2,417 | 1:4,705 | 866 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| Spain | 96% | 2,361 | 1:19,708 | 1,168 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,247 | 1:12,010 | 1,092 |
| Ecuador | - | 2,242 | 1:7,907 | 730 |
| Romania | 100% | 2,127 | 1:9,427 | 783 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,811 | 1:4,869 | 646 |
| India | 85% | 1,759 | 1:690,664 | 50,554 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,692 | 1:10,114 | 1,122 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 1,666 | 1:18,277 | 1,869 |
| Israel | 57% | 1,623 | 1:5,177 | 864 |
| Germany | 99% | 1,617 | 1:59,788 | 1,577 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,312 | 1:8,758 | 1,011 |
| DR Congo | 51% | 1,253 | 1:58,921 | 3,650 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,233 | 1:619 | 55 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,203 | 1:6,444 | 565 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,106 | 1:7,426 | 876 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,030 | 1:3,793 | 700 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 925 | 1:105,470 | 7,385 |
| Nicaragua | 98% | 897 | 1:6,709 | 846 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 879 | 1:4,039 | 410 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 879 | 1:17,547 | 1,989 |
| Singapore | 100% | 874 | 1:7,193 | 1,238 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 859 | 1:3,990 | 428 |
| Bangladesh | - | 825 | 1:193,287 | 10,074 |
| Portugal | - | 784 | 1:13,279 | 740 |
| Argentina | 92% | 728 | 1:58,754 | 1,507 |
| Tanzania | 91% | 689 | 1:76,616 | 4,768 |
| Thailand | 100% | 676 | 1:103,648 | 8,661 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 661 | 1:10,820 | 1,194 |
| Barbados | - | 653 | 1:444 | 98 |
| Qatar | 100% | 585 | 1:4,051 | 627 |
| Fiji | - | 547 | 1:1,631 | 450 |
| Italy | 100% | 526 | 1:116,088 | 2,045 |
| Poland | 52% | 471 | 1:80,737 | 1,882 |
| Suriname | 100% | 461 | 1:1,199 | 244 |
| Swaziland | - | 461 | 1:2,820 | 593 |
| Botswana | 100% | 459 | 1:4,759 | 807 |
| Kuwait | - | 446 | 1:8,487 | 1,041 |
| Sweden | 90% | 421 | 1:23,415 | 1,552 |
| Bahamas | - | 416 | 1:960 | 245 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 411 | 1:57,834 | 8,345 |
| Greece | 100% | 408 | 1:26,800 | 1,200 |
| Malta | - | 375 | 1:1,145 | 237 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 368 | 1:298 | 24 |
| Jersey | 100% | 357 | 1:280 | 52 |
| El Salvador | - | 354 | 1:17,915 | 1,002 |
| Belize | 100% | 352 | 1:1,007 | 203 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 266 | 1:374 | 24 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 263 | 1:27,516 | 1,473 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 259 | 1:3,363 | 453 |
| Japan | - | 258 | 1:496,070 | 11,010 |
| Indonesia | - | 252 | 1:1,023,665 | 63,085 |
| Guam | - | 251 | 1:640 | 113 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 250 | 1:86,442 | 4,758 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 230 | 1:267 | 24 |
| Grenada | 98% | 223 | 1:485 | 56 |
| Norway | 100% | 207 | 1:24,794 | 1,373 |
| Bermuda | - | 205 | 1:316 | 39 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 203 | 1:312 | 79 |
| Gabon | - | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Vanuatu | - | 186 | 1:1,407 | 400 |
| Oman | - | 161 | 1:25,520 | 1,962 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 143 | 1:595 | 125 |
| Denmark | - | 127 | 1:44,484 | 1,791 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 125 | 1:439 | 49 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 117 | 1:1,661,177 | 24,163 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 92% | 110 | 1:1,014 | 147 |
| Namibia | - | 107 | 1:22,469 | 1,956 |
| Haiti | 100% | 103 | 1:104,145 | 5,839 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 101 | 1:5,752 | 682 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 99 | 1:5,697 | 582 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 98 | 1:354 | 37 |
| Congo | 66% | 95 | 1:52,728 | 3,914 |
| Saint Lucia | 86% | 87 | 1:2,044 | 373 |
| Estonia | 57% | 86 | 1:15,295 | 1,466 |
| Cuba | - | 72 | 1:159,813 | 2,551 |
| Liberia | 97% | 71 | 1:62,142 | 3,080 |
| Austria | 100% | 69 | 1:123,394 | 2,334 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 66 | 1:776 | 77 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 65 | 1:1,426 | 340 |
| Dominica | - | 61 | 1:1,237 | 229 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 56 | 1:558 | 76 |
| American Samoa | - | 52 | 1:1,074 | 130 |
| French Polynesia | - | 49 | 1:5,671 | 903 |
| South Korea | - | 43 | 1:128,940 | 5,936 |
| Gibraltar | - | 41 | 1:833 | 177 |
| Benin | 100% | 39 | 1:271,175 | 11,439 |
| Finland | 80% | 39 | 1:140,594 | 2,829 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 39 | 1:6,927 | 846 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 35 | 1:379 | 15 |
| Macau | - | 34 | 1:17,888 | 344 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 32 | 1:2,894,472 | 3,319 |
| Hungary | 92% | 31 | 1:315,864 | 1,393 |
| Croatia | 100% | 24 | 1:175,712 | 3,294 |
| Czechia | 97% | 24 | 1:444,007 | 2,370 |
| Iraq | - | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Burkina Faso | 78% | 23 | 1:799,107 | 23,657 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,377 | 477 |
| Ivory Coast | 78% | 22 | 1:1,048,906 | 30,569 |
| Turkey | 100% | 22 | 1:3,536,441 | 18,981 |
| Jordan | - | 20 | 1:441,339 | 3,660 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 18 | 1:175 | 17 |
| Monaco | 100% | 17 | 1:2,263 | 456 |
| Russia | 50% | 17 | 1:8,484,336 | 34,226 |
| Syria | - | 12 | 1:1,608,840 | 3,623 |
| Afghanistan | - | 11 | 1:2,965,774 | 21,963 |
| Montserrat | - | 11 | 1:443 | 33 |
| Cambodia | - | 10 | 1:1,627,333 | 20,911 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Tuvalu | - | 9 | 1:1,237 | 11 |
| Algeria | - | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Georgia | - | 8 | 1:467,308 | 8,891 |
| Myanmar | - | 8 | 1:6,493,534 | 1,948 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 7 | 1:902 | 214 |
| Micronesia | - | 6 | 1:17,750 | 599 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Lebanon | - | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 4 | 1:1,457 | 226 |
| Senegal | 67% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Slovenia | - | 3 | 1:819,586 | 6,243 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
The alternate forms: Cärol (12), Cárol (6) & Càrol (4) are calculated separately.
Carol (21,178) may also be a surname.
Carol Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. an anglicization of Czech Karel, Dutch Carolus (see Charles); very common in the USA and now becoming naturalized in England.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A female name. this name, a favourite in the Southern States of the USA, is now, probably through the influence of the cinema, spreading to England. It is presumably a shortened form of Caroline q.v. but see also Carol (m.).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M. Either an Anglicisation of Polish and Slovakian Karol (cf. Bohemian and Esthonian Karel) or a shortening of (Dutch and) Latin Carolus; for etymology, see the English equivalent: Charles. (Yonge.) Cf. Carolina.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Gaelic name, meaning: Melody.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Carol Forename Popularity
Carol Demographics
Average Carol Salary in
United States
$45,706 USD
Per year
Rank:
174,262 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.387026
Rank: 30 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
105%
Sample size: 698,048 (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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