El Forename

9,021st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 114,085 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Senegal
Highest density in:
Senegal

El Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

El Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Senegal
100%
42,2231:34570
Egypt
90%
 
29,8431:3,079411
Spain
94%
 
14,1151:3,296378
United States
84%
 
5,3231:68,1083,439
Indonesia-3,2531:79,3009,306
Philippines
80%
 
3,0041:35,2892,949
Cambodia
93%
 
2,2351:7,2811,033
Russia
55%
 
2,1271:67,8111,465
India
53%
 
1,4011:867,15159,298
Iran
100%
1,0641:73,7752,202
Ghana-9551:28,2581,855
Poland
51%
 
7071:53,7871,425
Israel
78%
 
6341:13,2541,493
Canada
 
95%
5991:55,3143,518
Afghanistan
75%
 
5811:56,1512,598
Netherlands
62%
 
4461:37,8972,871
Togo-3301:21,9373,753
Uzbekistan
86%
 
3111:98,9922,890
Kazakhstan
58%
 
2591:68,5212,453
France
90%
 
2441:272,4193,870
England
63%
 
2391:232,6486,487
DR Congo
87%
 
2331:316,85712,497
Mexico
100%
2161:574,7436,060
Germany
80%
 
1911:506,1675,317
South Korea
 
65%
1861:29,8092,443
Australia-1721:79,4053,172
Belgium
98%
 
1671:68,8032,869
Nigeria
86%
 
1651:1,076,14826,255
Iraq
50%
 
1641:213,5243,603
Dominican Republic-1611:64,7903,973
Somalia-1601:84,5373,429
South Africa
 
65%
1501:363,55119,289
Azerbaijan
80%
 
1271:75,9293,868
Portugal-1201:86,7572,474
Vietnam
76%
 
1161:798,4752,422
Argentina
75%
 
1011:423,4973,429
Ukraine
 
51%
991:459,5952,074
Kuwait-951:39,8453,619
Tajikistan
100%
951:88,1572,897
Italy
63%
 
821:744,6607,038
Switzerland
 
62%
821:100,1653,146
Burkina Faso
 
96%
811:226,9079,785
Malaysia
 
68%
751:405,99918,917
Guatemala-651:247,8223,310
Belarus
57%
 
631:150,5141,426
Taiwan
100%
631:377,29724,619
Libya-491:126,965743
Greece
100%
431:254,2924,640
Brazil
62%
 
421:5,100,86179,262
Japan-391:3,281,69423,770
Papua New Guinea
80%
 
341:239,77419,968
Mauritania
82%
 
331:124,0984,492
New Zealand-301:151,2015,658
Singapore-291:216,7958,671
Lebanon
60%
 
271:208,4294,380
Benin
93%
 
241:440,66015,374
Ireland
57%
 
211:221,1203,947
Moldova-191:187,4281,759
Armenia
 
91%
181:162,1533,260
China-181:75,891,98863,580
Venezuela
100%
181:1,677,88331,093
Angola-161:1,685,4132,877
Sudan
100%
161:2,362,9363,917
United Arab Emirates-161:447,00016,807
Qatar-151:157,97416,771
Syria-141:1,379,0053,470
Albania-131:234,35211,554
Peru
75%
 
131:2,445,49623,318
Yemen-131:2,022,8273,647
Colombia-121:3,981,57724,591
Cuba-121:958,8793,652
Latvia-121:167,9702,495
Pakistan
100%
121:16,196,47390,643
Paraguay-121:603,0675,347
Estonia-111:119,5804,476
Sweden-111:896,17318,593
Thailand
67%
 
111:6,369,619106,118
Chile
100%
101:1,760,72112,680
Hungary
100%
101:979,1772,758
Scotland
50%
 
101:535,0376,544
Cameroon
67%
 
91:2,401,16748,579
Gabon-91:209,2602,118
Mozambique-91:3,027,0402,336
Georgia
50%
 
81:467,3088,891
Hong Kong-81:969,0915,961
Puerto Rico-81:443,7883,677
Serbia-81:893,2155,853
Turkey-81:9,725,21431,896
Uruguay-81:428,4555,529
Greenland
100%
71:8,053908
Kyrgyzstan
71%
 
71:853,32520,404
Tunisia-71:96,7005,802
Wales
100%
71:442,0445,971
Bulgaria
100%
61:1,165,06511,780
Cyprus-61:145,1793,172
El Salvador-61:1,056,9646,645
Finland-61:913,8648,662
Guinea-61:1,976,4414,482
Ivory Coast-61:3,845,98964,391
Liberia
100%
61:735,34418,173
Maldives
100%
61:72,3172,029
Panama-61:651,09316,250
Central African Republic-41:1,128,848698
Chad
50%
 
41:3,399,6008,891
Comoros-41:190,335532
Denmark-41:1,412,37415,217
Djibouti-41:228,9161,301
Kosovo-41:465,36011,976
Malawi-41:4,278,07813,569
Mali-41:4,244,4395,329
Myanmar-41:12,987,0681,965
Niger
50%
 
41:4,795,99843,246
Uganda
100%
41:10,239,23065,177
Austria
100%
31:2,838,06711,255
Bosnia and Herzegovina-31:1,174,8196,090
Croatia-31:1,405,69211,430
Guyana-31:254,42114,062
Norway-31:1,710,77619,445
Romania-31:6,683,99244,661
Bahamas-21:199,6852,758
Belize-21:177,1545,935
Brunei-21:209,7852,478
Cook Islands-21:9,0761,075
Costa Rica-21:2,383,97418,662
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Grenada-21:54,0623,078
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Lithuania-21:1,475,9413,949
North Macedonia-21:1,045,37812,250
Tanzania-21:26,394,16073,301
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Czechia
 
75%
11:10,656,16211,509
Equatorial Guinea-11:1,137,6891,044
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Jordan
 
85%
11:8,826,77411,126
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Montenegro-11:634,5764,914
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Palau-11:21,711239
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

The alternate forms: Él (3) & Èl (1) are calculated separately.

El (39,116) may also be a surname.

El Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Él833/
Èl831/
Elh8039,360/
Ele8011,275/
Gel805,976/
Jel803,739/
Hel801,778/
Ell801,731/
Eel801,372/
Yel80728/
Eul80574/
Etl80414/
Eld80267/
Elė80261/
Ehl80221/
Eil80220/
Iel80146/
Eal80129/
Esl8065/
Elt8057/
Elp8032/
Ejl8020/
Eyl8020/
Elì806/
E'l801/
Elï801/
Éel801/
Ĉel801/
Elë801/
Yoel6766,899/
Elle6714,003/
Etel676,668/
Yele676,030/
Jele674,955/
Isel673,529/
Hele673,363/
Help672,811/
Egli671,804/
Hell671,199/
Előd671,193/
Esel671,127/
Ehil67952/
Jiel67859/
Icel67857/
Jeal67773/
Jell67719/
Jeel67607/
Ecel67470/
Esil67464/
Etil67392/
Jeil67290/
Ysel67276/
Itel67216/
Gell67213/
Ecil67206/
Jhel67205/
Eale67205/
Geil67205/
Hiel67186/
Jesl67163/
Eile67143/
Geel67143/
Eilt67141/
Heil67127/
Ijel67126/
Yell67121/
Elhe67121/
Eele67112/
Held67110/
Elzė67106/
El H6797/
Heal6794/
Iele6794/
Ytel6791/
Esle6789/
Ioel6787/
Ejll6781/
Ycel6771/
Hyel6766/
Jeul6759/
Heel6752/
Ehel6751/
Jejl6741/
Yiel6736/
Esyl6735/
Heul6730/
Jehl6730/
Ellh6729/
Eill6726/
Yhel6724/
Eyle6724/
Yehl6723/
Helt6723/
Elph6721/
Hetl6717/
Euhl6717/
Eull6717/
Jelt6716/
Jeld6715/
Eail6715/
Gelh6715/
Eyll6714/
Ethl6714/
Eall6714/
Jeyl6712/
Eatl6712/
Ihel6712/
Geyl6711/
Elhs6710/
Etyl6710/
Yesl679/
Helh679/
Eelt678/
Eael678/
Jyel678/
Jelp678/
Heyl678/
Hehl677/
Iell677/
Jøel676/
Yelp676/
Eejl676/
Eehl676/
Eldë676/
Jetl675/
Jsel675/
Yeld675/
Eayl675/
Ellt675/
Eisl675/
D'El675/
El-H675/
Eldh674/
Eoil674/
Easl674/
Aael674/
Yelt674/
Eeil674/
Ealh673/
Ealt673/
Eell673/
Elzs673/
Elhd673/
Ielt673/
Eilh673/
Eald673/
El S673/
Jjel673/
Helė672/
Hgel672/
Ealp672/
Elld672/
Jgel672/
Elll672/
Ehyl672/
Eslh671/
Eild671/
Gejl671/
Eelh671/
Eetl671/
Eesl671/
Ejjl671/
Eihl671/
Eijl671/
Ehjl671/
Ehtl671/
Eslt671/
Ettl671/
Ellp671/
Ellì671/
Elpf671/
Elzë671/
Elhh671/
Elhl671/
El'e671/
Eldd671/
Eysl671/
Yetl671/
Hjel671/
Helë671/
Helì671/
Iesl671/
Ieil671/
Ield671/
Ielh671/
Je'l671/
Jåel671/
Oejl671/
Oeyl671/
Ieyl671/
Eojl671/
Eljz671/
Esll671/
Eilp671/

El Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El in the Russian language
Элel-

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El