Emir Forename
15,957th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 59,482 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus
Emir Forename User-submission:
From Middle French emir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, 'commander, prince'). Doublet of amir, Amir, admiral and amira.
Emir Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 54% | 22,571 | 1:3,447 | 629 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 3,801 | 1:927 | 246 |
| Russia | 99% | 3,211 | 1:44,919 | 1,032 |
| Indonesia | 70% | 2,989 | 1:86,304 | 9,976 |
| Mexico | 90% | 2,854 | 1:43,498 | 1,764 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,801 | 1:76,486 | 4,678 |
| Colombia | 93% | 2,269 | 1:21,057 | 1,426 |
| United States | 94% | 1,658 | 1:218,659 | 7,563 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,432 | 1:21,091 | 1,753 |
| Argentina | 92% | 1,270 | 1:33,680 | 1,173 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1,029 | 1:29,919 | 1,716 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 792 | 1:3,104 | 470 |
| Sweden | 100% | 782 | 1:12,606 | 1,033 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 634 | 1:27,992 | 1,491 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 629 | 1:9,496 | 1,403 |
| Northern Cyprus | 52% | 616 | 1:516 | 68 |
| Croatia | 100% | 586 | 1:7,196 | 649 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 494 | 1:11,079 | 495 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 483 | 1:63,043 | 4,931 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Kosovo | - | 455 | 1:4,091 | 791 |
| Philippines | 97% | 443 | 1:239,299 | 10,022 |
| Austria | 100% | 425 | 1:20,033 | 900 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 398 | 1:8,612 | 685 |
| Chile | 99% | 365 | 1:48,239 | 1,748 |
| Germany | 100% | 355 | 1:272,332 | 3,694 |
| Serbia | 100% | 350 | 1:20,416 | 1,307 |
| Poland | 100% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Peru | 88% | 320 | 1:99,348 | 3,576 |
| Panama | 100% | 266 | 1:14,686 | 1,667 |
| Nicaragua | 98% | 231 | 1:26,053 | 1,736 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 227 | 1:74,459 | 4,363 |
| England | 97% | 220 | 1:252,741 | 6,822 |
| Denmark | - | 218 | 1:25,915 | 1,352 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 202 | 1:47,737 | 3,023 |
| Egypt | 72% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Honduras | 100% | 171 | 1:51,564 | 2,311 |
| Algeria | 100% | 166 | 1:229,980 | 3,378 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 161 | 1:51,016 | 2,232 |
| France | 100% | 159 | 1:418,052 | 4,929 |
| Cuba | - | 150 | 1:76,710 | 1,817 |
| Canada | 100% | 147 | 1:225,397 | 8,168 |
| Norway | 100% | 139 | 1:36,923 | 1,714 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 124 | 1:84,123 | 4,669 |
| Belize | 100% | 121 | 1:2,928 | 673 |
| Belgium | 100% | 119 | 1:96,555 | 3,383 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 116 | 1:5,470 | 782 |
| Tunisia | - | 106 | 1:6,386 | 781 |
| Congo | 100% | 88 | 1:56,923 | 4,146 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 72 | 1:3,381 | 459 |
| El Salvador | - | 70 | 1:90,597 | 2,024 |
| Georgia | 100% | 68 | 1:54,977 | 2,606 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 66 | 1:2,690,369 | 48,718 |
| Romania | 100% | 66 | 1:303,818 | 9,414 |
| Albania | 96% | 60 | 1:50,776 | 4,596 |
| Bulgaria | 56% | 60 | 1:116,506 | 3,852 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 51 | 1:315,852 | 3,643 |
| Spain | 100% | 51 | 1:912,352 | 8,370 |
| Belarus | 100% | 47 | 1:201,753 | 1,729 |
| Ecuador | - | 46 | 1:385,368 | 4,728 |
| Thailand | 100% | 45 | 1:1,557,018 | 48,262 |
| Ireland | 100% | 44 | 1:105,535 | 2,547 |
| Italy | 100% | 42 | 1:1,453,859 | 11,279 |
| Australia | - | 41 | 1:333,113 | 6,403 |
| Iraq | - | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Afghanistan | 54% | 31 | 1:1,052,371 | 12,648 |
| Czechia | 100% | 31 | 1:343,747 | 2,102 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 30 | 1:69,692 | 4,041 |
| Hungary | 100% | 29 | 1:337,647 | 1,450 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Finland | 100% | 25 | 1:219,327 | 3,602 |
| India | 85% | 23 | 1:52,820,781 | 884,653 |
| Costa Rica | 84% | 22 | 1:216,725 | 4,817 |
| New Zealand | - | 18 | 1:252,002 | 7,674 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 18 | 1:2,932,684 | 23,284 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 17 | 1:420,705 | 16,716 |
| Greece | 100% | 16 | 1:683,409 | 7,898 |
| Iran | - | 15 | 1:5,233,125 | 19,849 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Wales | 100% | 12 | 1:257,859 | 4,217 |
| Armenia | 100% | 9 | 1:324,306 | 4,600 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 9 | 1:804,089 | 6,114 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 8 | 1:170,177 | 9,829 |
| Lebanon | - | 7 | 1:803,939 | 7,854 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 7 | 1:507,186 | 3,923 |
| China | - | 6 | 1:227,675,964 | 74,319 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| South Africa | 50% | 5 | 1:10,906,530 | 170,325 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Uganda | 50% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Israel | 100% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 1 | 1:53,551 | 905 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Émir (5), Emír (1) & Êmir (1) are calculated separately.
Emir (17,862) may also be a surname.
Emir Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
From Middle French emir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, 'commander, prince'). Doublet of amir, Amir, admiral and amira.
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Emir Demographics
Emir Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 155 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Emir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emir in the Russian language | ||
| Эмир | emir | - |
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