Iman Forename
692nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,191,473 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Jordan
Iman Forename User-submission:
The name Iman comes from the Arabic word for 'faith' in Allah.
Iman Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 96% | 263,285 | 1:133 | 14 |
| Egypt | 100% | 159,300 | 1:577 | 108 |
| Iran | 100% | 125,827 | 1:624 | 127 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 92,974 | 1:2,090 | 374 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 88,648 | 1:2,910 | 324 |
| Jordan | 100% | 84,790 | 1:104 | 9 |
| Yemen | - | 69,013 | 1:381 | 66 |
| Sudan | 100% | 65,641 | 1:576 | 101 |
| Palestine | 100% | 36,075 | 1:126 | 11 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 32,405 | 1:951 | 165 |
| Syria | - | 28,560 | 1:676 | 123 |
| India | 99% | 19,986 | 1:60,786 | 7,949 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 19,462 | 1:289 | 41 |
| Morocco | 92% | 15,013 | 1:2,288 | 323 |
| Tanzania | 87% | 14,428 | 1:3,659 | 640 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8,608 | 1:831 | 89 |
| Kuwait | - | 7,722 | 1:490 | 76 |
| Russia | 61% | 7,149 | 1:20,175 | 548 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 6,599 | 1:24,164 | 2,598 |
| Somalia | - | 5,824 | 1:2,322 | 363 |
| Oman | 100% | 4,489 | 1:915 | 138 |
| Libya | - | 4,407 | 1:1,412 | 273 |
| United States | 87% | 3,731 | 1:97,169 | 4,367 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,225 | 1:14,428 | 948 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2,740 | 1:3,519 | 659 |
| Ethiopia | 60% | 2,427 | 1:40,198 | 4,244 |
| Malaysia | 55% | 1,865 | 1:16,327 | 1,685 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,483 | 1:9,170 | 1,426 |
| Sweden | 88% | 1,224 | 1:8,054 | 758 |
| Kenya | - | 1,114 | 1:41,568 | 3,041 |
| Djibouti | - | 1,066 | 1:859 | 185 |
| Nigeria | 63% | 941 | 1:188,698 | 8,366 |
| England | 79% | 871 | 1:63,838 | 2,772 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 866 | 1:37,671 | 2,106 |
| Malawi | 100% | 825 | 1:20,742 | 1,867 |
| Somaliland | - | 793 | 1:4,416 | 468 |
| Canada | 65% | 788 | 1:42,047 | 2,960 |
| Uganda | 96% | 550 | 1:74,467 | 3,810 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 486 | 1:1,393 | 290 |
| Bahrain | - | 459 | 1:2,938 | 469 |
| France | 95% | 440 | 1:151,069 | 2,788 |
| Netherlands | 77% | 435 | 1:38,855 | 2,923 |
| Thailand | 63% | 350 | 1:200,188 | 13,191 |
| Kazakhstan | 72% | 343 | 1:51,740 | 2,078 |
| Turkey | 82% | 336 | 1:231,553 | 4,790 |
| Australia | - | 319 | 1:42,814 | 2,168 |
| Germany | 54% | 318 | 1:304,018 | 3,930 |
| Philippines | 58% | 245 | 1:432,692 | 15,107 |
| Qatar | 96% | 233 | 1:10,170 | 1,642 |
| Denmark | - | 230 | 1:24,563 | 1,319 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Brazil | 100% | 154 | 1:1,391,144 | 32,913 |
| Belgium | 100% | 151 | 1:76,093 | 3,022 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 96% | 128 | 1:46,666 | 4,331 |
| Norway | 100% | 122 | 1:42,068 | 1,865 |
| Algeria | 94% | 90 | 1:424,186 | 4,253 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 89 | 1:78,544 | 3,125 |
| South Africa | 76% | 80 | 1:681,658 | 29,523 |
| Georgia | 76% | 79 | 1:47,322 | 2,386 |
| Israel | 90% | 61 | 1:137,753 | 5,126 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 55 | 1:549,125 | 14,314 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78% | 53 | 1:153,817 | 13,456 |
| Singapore | 67% | 44 | 1:142,888 | 7,923 |
| Slovenia | 79% | 44 | 1:55,881 | 2,174 |
| Romania | 100% | 41 | 1:489,073 | 13,671 |
| Switzerland | 98% | 39 | 1:210,602 | 4,800 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Austria | 100% | 35 | 1:243,263 | 3,286 |
| Italy | 93% | 35 | 1:1,744,631 | 12,743 |
| New Zealand | - | 34 | 1:133,413 | 5,144 |
| Niger | 62% | 30 | 1:639,466 | 11,822 |
| Hong Kong | - | 27 | 1:287,138 | 3,601 |
| Scotland | 94% | 26 | 1:205,783 | 3,617 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 23 | 1:1,033,464 | 39,019 |
| Czechia | 61% | 21 | 1:507,436 | 2,515 |
| Finland | 76% | 20 | 1:274,159 | 4,096 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Benin | 100% | 16 | 1:660,990 | 19,671 |
| Ivory Coast | 56% | 16 | 1:1,442,246 | 37,722 |
| China | - | 14 | 1:97,575,413 | 64,568 |
| Japan | - | 14 | 1:9,141,861 | 33,787 |
| Nepal | - | 14 | 1:2,034,811 | 32,148 |
| Mexico | 67% | 13 | 1:9,549,571 | 29,766 |
| Wales | 90% | 12 | 1:257,859 | 4,217 |
| Panama | 100% | 11 | 1:355,142 | 11,047 |
| Belarus | 100% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| South Korea | - | 10 | 1:554,442 | 13,303 |
| Estonia | 100% | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Nicaragua | 67% | 9 | 1:668,704 | 10,329 |
| Poland | 81% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Guyana | 100% | 7 | 1:109,037 | 8,020 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| Albania | 100% | 6 | 1:507,762 | 18,007 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| Maldives | 50% | 6 | 1:72,317 | 2,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 80% | 5 | 1:3,675,894 | 52,713 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 5 | 1:819,048 | 12,822 |
| Cape Verde | - | 4 | 1:132,288 | 3,925 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Senegal | 75% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Tajikistan | 50% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Belize | 100% | 3 | 1:118,103 | 5,590 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 3 | 1:274,976 | 4,070 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Cambodia | 67% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Brunei | 100% | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Congo | 50% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Peru | 50% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Imán (6) & Imân (1) are calculated separately.
Iman (92,157) may also be a surname.
Iman Forename Meaning
Iman Forename Popularity
Iman Demographics
Average Male Iman Height
175.58 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 106 (2014)
Average Female Iman Height
162.12 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 33 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Iman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iman in the Russian language | ||
| Иман | iman | - |
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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
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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 Iman