Ibrahim Forename
38th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 7,488,578 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Maldives
Ibrahim Forename User-submission:
Ibrahim (Arabic: إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm) is the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham and one of Allah's messengers in the Quran. It is a common first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a derivative of the name Abraham or Avram from Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 2,330,121 | 1:76 | 2 |
| Turkey | 100% | 689,253 | 1:113 | 11 |
| Egypt | 100% | 564,654 | 1:163 | 16 |
| Sudan | 100% | 395,435 | 1:96 | 8 |
| Niger | 96% | 255,723 | 1:75 | 5 |
| Kenya | 86% | 232,433 | 1:199 | 16 |
| India | 100% | 211,780 | 1:5,737 | 678 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 209,302 | 1:34 | 2 |
| Yemen | - | 195,871 | 1:134 | 17 |
| Syria | - | 193,416 | 1:100 | 15 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 175,697 | 1:555 | 77 |
| Iraq | 100% | 137,489 | 1:255 | 33 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 136,278 | 1:1,170 | 131 |
| Somalia | - | 127,212 | 1:106 | 14 |
| Mali | 100% | 116,200 | 1:146 | 29 |
| Ghana | 85% | 113,383 | 1:238 | 36 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 104,239 | 1:506 | 87 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 102,178 | 1:2,525 | 260 |
| Jordan | 99% | 97,769 | 1:90 | 8 |
| Libya | - | 94,929 | 1:66 | 8 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 94,606 | 1:2,054 | 368 |
| Uganda | 98% | 65,487 | 1:625 | 117 |
| Chad | 99% | 58,635 | 1:232 | 28 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 52,072 | 1:415 | 54 |
| Palestine | 100% | 49,749 | 1:91 | 6 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 49,425 | 1:660 | 100 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 37,480 | 1:812 | 53 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 34,978 | 1:161 | 18 |
| Morocco | 100% | 29,699 | 1:1,157 | 206 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 28,972 | 1:796 | 88 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 28,114 | 1:654 | 109 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 26,542 | 1:179 | 68 |
| Comoros | - | 26,493 | 1:29 | 5 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 24,844 | 1:141 | 24 |
| Algeria | 100% | 23,803 | 1:1,604 | 289 |
| Philippines | 99% | 22,781 | 1:4,653 | 792 |
| Maldives | 98% | 21,979 | 1:20 | 6 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 21,844 | 1:3,380 | 487 |
| Benin | 100% | 21,069 | 1:502 | 60 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 17,921 | 1:538 | 118 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 16,476 | 1:214 | 14 |
| Israel | 99% | 15,010 | 1:560 | 100 |
| United States | 100% | 13,423 | 1:27,009 | 1,959 |
| Central African Republic | - | 12,970 | 1:348 | 133 |
| Burundi | 100% | 11,586 | 1:855 | 268 |
| Oman | 100% | 11,165 | 1:368 | 56 |
| Rwanda | - | 10,394 | 1:1,094 | 236 |
| Germany | 100% | 9,974 | 1:9,693 | 694 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 9,966 | 1:718 | 80 |
| Djibouti | - | 9,635 | 1:95 | 10 |
| Mozambique | - | 9,600 | 1:2,838 | 617 |
| Malawi | 99% | 9,476 | 1:1,806 | 354 |
| France | 100% | 8,425 | 1:7,890 | 570 |
| Togo | - | 8,159 | 1:887 | 109 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,558 | 1:3,126 | 704 |
| England | 100% | 7,363 | 1:7,552 | 667 |
| South Sudan | 73% | 7,323 | 1:1,577 | 317 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 6,152 | 1:3,381 | 577 |
| Angola | 100% | 5,803 | 1:4,647 | 734 |
| Guinea | 100% | 4,937 | 1:2,402 | 294 |
| Spain | 100% | 4,843 | 1:9,608 | 742 |
| Gambia | - | 3,691 | 1:522 | 122 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,484 | 1:2,829 | 391 |
| Kosovo | - | 3,416 | 1:545 | 93 |
| Albania | 100% | 3,032 | 1:1,005 | 176 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,988 | 1:11,089 | 1,255 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2,813 | 1:2,485 | 413 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,592 | 1:14,671 | 581 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,461 | 1:4,669 | 733 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,445 | 1:770 | 156 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 2,362 | 1:482 | 131 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 2,324 | 1:137 | 15 |
| Bahrain | - | 2,264 | 1:596 | 93 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,261 | 1:94,753 | 5,398 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2,165 | 1:1,892 | 215 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,857 | 1:37,731 | 4,425 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,840 | 1:9,186 | 1,171 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,714 | 1:4,967 | 452 |
| Cuba | - | 1,705 | 1:6,749 | 634 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,555 | 1:19,422 | 1,661 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,419 | 1:477 | 79 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,375 | 1:3,643 | 579 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,190 | 1:6,902 | 833 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1,174 | 1:1,105 | 168 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,166 | 1:26,426 | 3,414 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1,140 | 1:6,268 | 671 |
| Denmark | - | 915 | 1:6,174 | 659 |
| Australia | - | 889 | 1:15,363 | 1,194 |
| Nepal | 100% | 877 | 1:32,483 | 2,724 |
| South Africa | 100% | 777 | 1:70,184 | 6,441 |
| Liberia | 99% | 764 | 1:5,775 | 668 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 706 | 1:3,483 | 503 |
| Norway | 100% | 593 | 1:8,655 | 806 |
| Brunei | 100% | 562 | 1:747 | 71 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 560 | 1:1,133 | 257 |
| Croatia | 100% | 544 | 1:7,752 | 675 |
| Russia | 98% | 533 | 1:270,607 | 3,625 |
| Greece | 100% | 476 | 1:22,972 | 1,076 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 423 | 1:4,943 | 842 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 369 | 1:83,432 | 2,556 |
| Mexico | 99% | 347 | 1:357,765 | 4,762 |
| Senegal | 100% | 338 | 1:43,140 | 1,842 |
| Italy | 100% | 311 | 1:196,341 | 2,829 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 286 | 1:29,283 | 1,760 |
| Singapore | 88% | 258 | 1:24,368 | 4,247 |
| Zambia | - | 220 | 1:72,067 | 3,899 |
| Finland | 81% | 205 | 1:26,747 | 1,282 |
| Romania | 100% | 196 | 1:102,306 | 4,485 |
| Scotland | 100% | 180 | 1:29,724 | 1,204 |
| China | - | 172 | 1:7,942,185 | 59,448 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 160 | 1:110,918 | 3,243 |
| Panama | 100% | 148 | 1:26,396 | 2,345 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 134 | 1:40,842 | 716 |
| Ireland | 100% | 126 | 1:36,853 | 1,379 |
| New Zealand | - | 120 | 1:37,800 | 2,305 |
| Wales | 98% | 119 | 1:26,003 | 1,265 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 93 | 1:112,164 | 5,632 |
| Georgia | 100% | 89 | 1:42,005 | 2,222 |
| Kuwait | - | 85 | 1:44,533 | 4,106 |
| Hungary | 100% | 76 | 1:128,839 | 826 |
| Malta | - | 68 | 1:6,314 | 764 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 68 | 1:226,821 | 13,153 |
| Barbados | - | 61 | 1:4,751 | 744 |
| Iran | 100% | 57 | 1:1,377,138 | 10,168 |
| Czechia | 95% | 53 | 1:201,060 | 1,609 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 50 | 1:27,228 | 2,966 |
| Argentina | 100% | 48 | 1:891,109 | 4,912 |
| Guatemala | - | 45 | 1:357,965 | 3,895 |
| Seychelles | - | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Belarus | 100% | 44 | 1:215,509 | 1,812 |
| Qatar | 100% | 43 | 1:55,107 | 6,913 |
| Peru | 100% | 39 | 1:815,165 | 11,913 |
| Japan | - | 37 | 1:3,459,083 | 24,237 |
| Honduras | 100% | 35 | 1:251,928 | 5,264 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 27 | 1:20,891 | 1,222 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 27 | 1:131,493 | 2,148 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Colombia | 100% | 26 | 1:1,837,651 | 16,034 |
| Ukraine | - | 26 | 1:1,749,996 | 4,649 |
| South Korea | - | 23 | 1:241,062 | 8,475 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 22 | 1:328,946 | 4,098 |
| Chile | 100% | 21 | 1:838,438 | 8,197 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 21 | 1:41,480 | 2,042 |
| Ecuador | - | 21 | 1:844,139 | 7,105 |
| Guyana | 100% | 18 | 1:42,403 | 4,175 |
| Haiti | - | 16 | 1:670,435 | 13,107 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 15 | 1:1,084,889 | 16,581 |
| Iceland | - | 15 | 1:24,401 | 1,622 |
| Armenia | 100% | 14 | 1:208,482 | 3,697 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 11 | 1:433,450 | 6,937 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 11 | 1:547,121 | 9,117 |
| Curaçao | - | 10 | 1:15,580 | 668 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 10 | 1:2,376,968 | 55,480 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Monaco | 100% | 9 | 1:4,274 | 738 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 7 | 1:291,428 | 17,845 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 6 | 1:32,000 | 2,340 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 5 | 1:105,830 | 3,482 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Uruguay | - | 4 | 1:856,909 | 8,493 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Ibràhim (1) are calculated separately.
Ibrahim (8,456,886) may also be a surname.
Ibrahim Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Ibrahim (Arabic: إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm) is the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham and one of Allah's messengers in the Quran. It is a common first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a derivative of the name Abraham or Avram from Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East. In Lebanon and Maghreb, Brahim and Barhoum are common diminutives for the first name Ibrahim.
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Ibrahim Demographics
Average Male Ibrahim Height
174.19 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 810 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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