Farah Forename
1,049th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 884,205 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Somalia
Farah Forename User-submission:
An Arabic name, meaning 'happiness', 'joy'.
Farah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 100% | 191,544 | 1:1,015 | 192 |
| Somalia | - | 132,837 | 1:102 | 13 |
| Egypt | 98% | 77,861 | 1:1,180 | 204 |
| Iraq | 99% | 69,616 | 1:503 | 115 |
| Iran | 100% | 64,250 | 1:1,222 | 212 |
| Bangladesh | 99% | 38,583 | 1:4,133 | 586 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 35,559 | 1:856 | 58 |
| Ethiopia | 63% | 33,984 | 1:2,871 | 478 |
| Sudan | 96% | 27,565 | 1:1,372 | 257 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 22,497 | 1:1,370 | 239 |
| Morocco | 100% | 20,854 | 1:1,647 | 259 |
| Syria | - | 19,466 | 1:992 | 197 |
| Haiti | 100% | 16,701 | 1:642 | 91 |
| Yemen | - | 12,659 | 1:2,077 | 303 |
| Kenya | - | 11,142 | 1:4,156 | 686 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 11,023 | 1:318 | 72 |
| Indonesia | 98% | 10,866 | 1:23,740 | 3,263 |
| Jordan | 96% | 9,523 | 1:927 | 227 |
| India | 100% | 9,437 | 1:128,736 | 14,778 |
| United States | 100% | 8,224 | 1:44,083 | 2,597 |
| Lebanon | 94% | 8,035 | 1:700 | 140 |
| Oman | 91% | 5,266 | 1:780 | 108 |
| Algeria | 87% | 5,148 | 1:7,416 | 719 |
| England | 99% | 4,409 | 1:12,611 | 929 |
| Djibouti | - | 3,132 | 1:292 | 67 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,767 | 1:11,974 | 1,313 |
| Libya | - | 2,754 | 1:2,259 | 414 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,721 | 1:8,684 | 1,463 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 2,441 | 1:4,732 | 579 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,333 | 1:19,944 | 1,180 |
| Palestine | 68% | 2,304 | 1:1,975 | 408 |
| Philippines | 100% | 1,995 | 1:53,138 | 3,804 |
| France | 100% | 1,753 | 1:37,918 | 1,308 |
| Afghanistan | 92% | 1,518 | 1:21,491 | 1,571 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,155 | 1:6,192 | 718 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,073 | 1:19,384 | 2,577 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,027 | 1:16,458 | 1,699 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 776 | 1:12,426 | 1,448 |
| Sweden | 78% | 720 | 1:13,692 | 1,086 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 642 | 1:16,248 | 1,632 |
| Belgium | 100% | 629 | 1:18,267 | 1,468 |
| Bahrain | - | 622 | 1:2,168 | 365 |
| Tunisia | 97% | 590 | 1:1,147 | 244 |
| Thailand | 100% | 544 | 1:128,797 | 9,943 |
| South Africa | 92% | 478 | 1:114,085 | 8,842 |
| Mexico | 96% | 439 | 1:282,789 | 4,245 |
| Chad | 80% | 371 | 1:36,653 | 3,873 |
| Kuwait | - | 332 | 1:11,401 | 1,352 |
| Brazil | 100% | 307 | 1:697,838 | 20,517 |
| Germany | 99% | 261 | 1:370,413 | 4,405 |
| Australia | - | 241 | 1:56,671 | 2,557 |
| New Zealand | - | 209 | 1:21,704 | 1,662 |
| Brunei | 100% | 187 | 1:2,244 | 226 |
| Singapore | 100% | 179 | 1:35,123 | 5,936 |
| Norway | 100% | 151 | 1:33,989 | 1,640 |
| Scotland | 98% | 149 | 1:35,908 | 1,316 |
| Denmark | - | 147 | 1:38,432 | 1,643 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 136 | 1:10,010 | 1,483 |
| Panama | 100% | 129 | 1:30,283 | 2,520 |
| Peru | 99% | 113 | 1:281,340 | 6,359 |
| Tanzania | 74% | 106 | 1:498,003 | 14,262 |
| Wales | 99% | 106 | 1:29,192 | 1,343 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 105 | 1:287,637 | 9,249 |
| Turkey | 97% | 104 | 1:748,093 | 8,622 |
| Suriname | 100% | 99 | 1:5,584 | 1,159 |
| Cuba | - | 98 | 1:117,414 | 2,173 |
| Honduras | 100% | 94 | 1:93,803 | 3,130 |
| DR Congo | 78% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 65 | 1:126,361 | 3,605 |
| Uganda | 77% | 56 | 1:731,374 | 14,473 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 46 | 1:18,936 | 1,236 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 46 | 1:350,183 | 3,849 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Ireland | 86% | 45 | 1:103,189 | 2,518 |
| Guyana | 100% | 45 | 1:16,961 | 2,209 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 43 | 1:139,961 | 4,211 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 37 | 1:95,954 | 1,863 |
| Nigeria | 71% | 35 | 1:5,073,267 | 74,131 |
| Qatar | 99% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| China | - | 28 | 1:48,787,706 | 62,196 |
| Italy | 96% | 28 | 1:2,180,789 | 14,677 |
| Colombia | - | 23 | 1:2,077,345 | 17,160 |
| Israel | 58% | 19 | 1:442,259 | 9,252 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Belize | 100% | 18 | 1:19,684 | 2,236 |
| Finland | 58% | 18 | 1:304,621 | 4,354 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Ivory Coast | 63% | 17 | 1:1,357,408 | 36,328 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Senegal | 58% | 15 | 1:972,090 | 9,181 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 15 | 1:1,584,645 | 46,832 |
| Maldives | 75% | 14 | 1:30,993 | 1,167 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 12 | 1:397,329 | 6,631 |
| Russia | 50% | 11 | 1:13,112,155 | 45,377 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Chile | 63% | 9 | 1:1,956,356 | 13,525 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 8 | 1:2,297,434 | 45,707 |
| El Salvador | - | 8 | 1:792,723 | 5,723 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 8 | 1:307,345 | 4,581 |
| Zambia | - | 8 | 1:1,981,849 | 20,512 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Benin | 100% | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Czechia | 50% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Jamaica | - | 7 | 1:411,890 | 11,384 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Ecuador | - | 6 | 1:2,954,486 | 13,743 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 5 | 1:704,892 | 5,284 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Jersey | 100% | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Fárah (1) & Fàràh (1) are calculated separately.
Farah (607,958) may also be a surname.
Farah Forename Meaning
Farah Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 2 (1901)
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