Earl Forename
3,687th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 285,392 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands
Earl Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: Of keen intelligence. (Middle English) A nobleman.
Earl Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 238,463 | 1:1,520 | 322 |
| Canada | 100% | 17,523 | 1:1,891 | 398 |
| Philippines | 96% | 12,077 | 1:8,778 | 1,236 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,299 | 1:874 | 225 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,571 | 1:21,211 | 2,897 |
| England | 100% | 1,911 | 1:29,096 | 1,635 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,263 | 1:1,078 | 191 |
| Ghana | 100% | 899 | 1:30,018 | 1,918 |
| Australia | - | 606 | 1:22,537 | 1,518 |
| New Zealand | - | 593 | 1:7,649 | 902 |
| Suriname | 100% | 576 | 1:960 | 179 |
| Guyana | 100% | 483 | 1:1,580 | 288 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Barbados | - | 329 | 1:881 | 203 |
| Bahamas | - | 306 | 1:1,305 | 314 |
| Belize | 100% | 248 | 1:1,429 | 319 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Kenya | - | 199 | 1:232,699 | 8,908 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 194 | 1:917 | 140 |
| France | 100% | 175 | 1:379,831 | 4,652 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 167 | 1:62,463 | 3,871 |
| Netherlands | 92% | 161 | 1:104,982 | 5,322 |
| Panama | 100% | 131 | 1:29,821 | 2,497 |
| Germany | 100% | 127 | 1:761,243 | 6,712 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 116 | 1:946 | 187 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99% | 115 | 1:970 | 135 |
| Dominica | - | 112 | 1:674 | 145 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 91 | 1:1,092 | 219 |
| Brazil | 100% | 88 | 1:2,434,502 | 48,175 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 87 | 1:631 | 96 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 86 | 1:354,069 | 17,214 |
| Honduras | 100% | 72 | 1:122,465 | 3,602 |
| India | 100% | 72 | 1:16,873,305 | 423,037 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 71 | 1:67,154 | 2,607 |
| Guam | - | 70 | 1:2,295 | 494 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 66 | 1:526 | 83 |
| Thailand | 100% | 59 | 1:1,187,556 | 40,507 |
| Scotland | 100% | 56 | 1:95,542 | 2,303 |
| Ireland | 100% | 54 | 1:85,991 | 2,269 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 51 | 1:118,007 | 3,824 |
| Mexico | 100% | 46 | 1:2,698,792 | 14,064 |
| Bermuda | - | 43 | 1:1,508 | 344 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 43 | 1:166,325 | 11,451 |
| Grenada | 92% | 42 | 1:2,574 | 517 |
| Israel | 93% | 42 | 1:200,069 | 6,201 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 42 | 1:565,945 | 29,765 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 41 | 1:762 | 142 |
| Japan | - | 41 | 1:3,121,611 | 23,282 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Qatar | 98% | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| Botswana | - | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Iraq | 100% | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Russia | 100% | 34 | 1:4,242,168 | 21,891 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 32 | 1:5,548,886 | 78,655 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 31 | 1:974,255 | 21,161 |
| China | - | 30 | 1:45,535,193 | 62,023 |
| Liberia | 100% | 29 | 1:152,140 | 5,855 |
| Singapore | 100% | 27 | 1:232,854 | 8,839 |
| Wales | 100% | 26 | 1:119,012 | 2,694 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:2,554 | 554 |
| Italy | 100% | 22 | 1:2,775,550 | 17,247 |
| Ecuador | - | 19 | 1:932,996 | 7,538 |
| South Korea | - | 19 | 1:291,812 | 9,421 |
| Belgium | 100% | 18 | 1:638,336 | 9,306 |
| Chile | 75% | 18 | 1:978,178 | 8,954 |
| Peru | 100% | 18 | 1:1,766,192 | 19,056 |
| Sweden | 93% | 18 | 1:547,662 | 13,582 |
| Norway | 100% | 17 | 1:301,902 | 6,548 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Colombia | - | 13 | 1:3,675,302 | 23,534 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 12 | 1:684,458 | 9,518 |
| Hong Kong | - | 11 | 1:704,793 | 4,980 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 11 | 1:1,402,165 | 43,227 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 10 | 1:3,262,352 | 23,137 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Namibia | - | 10 | 1:240,418 | 5,231 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 8 | 1:1,019,039 | 71,574 |
| Indonesia | - | 7 | 1:36,851,953 | 740,105 |
| Belarus | 50% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Cameroon | - | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Guatemala | - | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Montserrat | - | 5 | 1:975 | 152 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Austria | - | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Spain | - | 2 | 1:23,264,982 | 24,876 |
| Uganda | - | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Marshall Islands | - | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
Earl (36,888) may also be a surname.
Earl Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: Of keen intelligence. (Middle English) A nobleman.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Earl Forename Popularity
Earl Demographics
Earl Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 50,961 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Earl Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Earl in the Russian language | ||
| Еарл | earl | - |
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