Ezekiel Forename
3,434th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 304,091 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia
Ezekiel Forename Definition:
Since, in Hebrew, it signifies ‘God will strengthen’, it should be compared with Hezekiah, ‘strength of the Lord’; but, like it, it is now seldom bestowed. Ezekiel was a prophet at the time of the Jewish exile in Babylon (C6 B. C.).
Ezekiel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 138,359 | 1:1,283 | 227 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 52,595 | 1:1,004 | 213 |
| Kenya | 100% | 39,297 | 1:1,178 | 238 |
| South Africa | 100% | 10,099 | 1:5,400 | 1,026 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9,552 | 1:2,825 | 438 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 7,553 | 1:9,775 | 1,012 |
| United States | 100% | 5,453 | 1:66,484 | 3,389 |
| Liberia | 99% | 5,021 | 1:879 | 171 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4,598 | 1:8,908 | 927 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 4,001 | 1:3,855 | 634 |
| Malawi | 98% | 3,532 | 1:4,845 | 721 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,035 | 1:950 | 244 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,735 | 1:7,901 | 1,040 |
| Philippines | 98% | 2,593 | 1:40,883 | 3,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 2,289 | 1:3,562 | 392 |
| Zambia | - | 2,018 | 1:7,857 | 935 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,983 | 1:19,066 | 1,940 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 1,934 | 1:5,880 | 1,009 |
| Benin | 100% | 859 | 1:12,312 | 1,558 |
| Botswana | 100% | 855 | 1:2,555 | 451 |
| England | 100% | 635 | 1:87,564 | 3,458 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 475 | 1:1,223 | 238 |
| Mali | 100% | 442 | 1:38,411 | 2,315 |
| India | 100% | 357 | 1:3,403,020 | 148,413 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 287 | 1:7,108 | 1,047 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Chad | 100% | 247 | 1:55,054 | 5,059 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 198 | 1:6,876 | 1,116 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 196 | 1:93,773 | 5,205 |
| Canada | 100% | 183 | 1:181,057 | 7,210 |
| Bahamas | - | 155 | 1:2,577 | 527 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 142 | 1:214,436 | 12,158 |
| Indonesia | - | 137 | 1:1,882,946 | 98,365 |
| Brazil | 100% | 134 | 1:1,598,777 | 36,224 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Congo | 99% | 95 | 1:52,728 | 3,914 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 90 | 1:1,240 | 208 |
| Haiti | 100% | 81 | 1:132,432 | 6,853 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Belize | 100% | 62 | 1:5,715 | 1,092 |
| Guyana | 100% | 62 | 1:12,311 | 1,780 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 57 | 1:125,474 | 8,859 |
| Namibia | - | 40 | 1:60,104 | 3,480 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 38 | 1:1,444 | 332 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| Thailand | 100% | 36 | 1:1,946,273 | 55,044 |
| Grenada | 100% | 35 | 1:3,089 | 583 |
| Singapore | 88% | 34 | 1:184,913 | 8,359 |
| Mexico | 100% | 32 | 1:3,879,513 | 17,315 |
| Romania | - | 32 | 1:626,624 | 17,326 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 31 | 1:744,385 | 24,263 |
| Spain | 100% | 28 | 1:1,661,784 | 10,747 |
| Australia | - | 26 | 1:525,293 | 8,160 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:462,041 | 849 |
| Guinea | 100% | 23 | 1:515,593 | 3,040 |
| New Zealand | - | 18 | 1:252,002 | 7,674 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Norway | 100% | 14 | 1:366,595 | 7,406 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:7,839 | 1,133 |
| Qatar | 100% | 13 | 1:182,277 | 21,851 |
| Sweden | 100% | 13 | 1:758,301 | 16,746 |
| Germany | 100% | 12 | 1:8,056,490 | 29,150 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 9 | 1:1,878,009 | 24,529 |
| Scotland | 100% | 9 | 1:594,485 | 7,010 |
| South Korea | 75% | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Argentina | 100% | 8 | 1:5,346,655 | 13,183 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| Senegal | 100% | 8 | 1:1,822,670 | 12,813 |
| Wales | 100% | 8 | 1:386,789 | 5,520 |
| China | - | 7 | 1:195,150,826 | 73,144 |
| Denmark | - | 7 | 1:807,071 | 10,426 |
| Nauru | 100% | 7 | 1:1,704 | 249 |
| Niger | 100% | 7 | 1:2,740,571 | 30,052 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 7 | 1:1,173,357 | 12,989 |
| Hong Kong | - | 6 | 1:1,292,121 | 6,806 |
| Guatemala | - | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Russia | 100% | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Italy | 100% | 4 | 1:15,265,522 | 38,916 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3 | 1:3,830,014 | 25,398 |
| Costa Rica | - | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Finland | - | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| France | 100% | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
The alternate forms: Ezékiel (233), Ezekiël (4), Ezekièl (1) & Ezékièl (2) are calculated separately.
Ezekiel (163,627) may also be a surname.
Ezekiel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Since, in Hebrew, it signifies ‘God will strengthen’, it should be compared with Hezekiah, ‘strength of the Lord’; but, like it, it is now seldom bestowed. Ezekiel was a prophet at the time of the Jewish exile in Babylon (C6 B. C.).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Hebrew (masculine) - Who sees God.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
E-ze'-ke-el, the strength of God. The son of Buzi, a prophet in the house of Aaron, carried away captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, with Jehoiachin, king of Judah. Ezek. i. 1, &c. He began to prophesy A. M. 3409, being the fifth year of his captivity.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: he will be strengthened of God.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: God will strengthen thee: strength of God.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ezekiel Forename Popularity
Ezekiel Demographics
Ezekiel Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 107 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Ezekiel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel in the Russian language | ||
| Эзекиель | ezekiel | - |
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