Iqbal Forename

1,474th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 663,939 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Iqbal Forename User-submission:

The name Iqbal means 'fortunate' or 'prosperous' in Arabic. Variants of the name include Iqbaluddin and Iqbalullah.

Iqbal Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan
51%
 
291,8371:666105
India
98%
 
123,9091:9,8051,297
Bangladesh
100%
93,1121:1,713223
Iraq
 
60%
46,0161:761184
Indonesia
100%
37,7541:6,833901
Iran
100%
12,8321:6,117624
Yemen-11,9451:2,201319
Afghanistan
71%
 
11,0521:2,952485
England
96%
 
4,0271:13,808993
Oman
53%
 
3,3421:1,229190
United States
93%
 
3,1981:113,3644,843
Qatar
100%
2,8271:83844
Sri Lanka-2,5751:8,0771,271
Azerbaijan
100%
2,4291:3,970725
Jordan
 
95%
1,8331:4,815582
Canada
100%
1,7571:18,8581,754
Saudi Arabia-1,5741:19,5762,599
Lebanon
100%
1,4441:3,897633
South Africa
100%
1,2681:43,0074,661
Malaysia
95%
 
1,1991:25,3962,437
Mauritius-9941:1,306212
Bahrain-8881:1,519251
Palestine
 
98%
8811:5,165661
Egypt
100%
7161:128,3535,438
Morocco
100%
6011:57,1522,267
Malawi
100%
5921:28,9062,310
Kuwait-3891:9,7311,171
Greece
100%
3551:30,8021,315
France
100%
2651:250,8313,688
Israel
 
97%
2521:33,3452,487
Syria-2291:84,3061,809
Kenya-2181:212,4188,426
Somaliland
100%
1671:20,969931
Scotland
100%
1311:40,8421,425
Spain
100%
1161:401,1205,722
Australia-911:150,0844,468
United Arab Emirates-901:79,4676,650
Thailand
100%
751:934,21135,070
Sweden
 
53%
741:133,2155,291
New Zealand-661:68,7283,357
Maldives
100%
581:7,481401
Germany
100%
551:1,757,78010,822
Sudan
100%
491:771,5712,562
Belgium
100%
461:249,7845,526
Norway
100%
451:114,0523,524
Singapore
83%
 
391:161,2078,112
Italy
100%
381:1,606,89712,030
Wales
100%
371:83,6302,261
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
351:38,8983,786
Tunisia
100%
291:23,3411,639
Zambia-271:587,21512,545
Tanzania
83%
 
261:2,030,32022,015
Zimbabwe
100%
261:593,22425,219
Netherlands
100%
241:704,25314,544
Denmark-231:245,6305,032
Brazil-221:9,738,007121,504
Guyana
100%
211:36,3463,756
Seychelles
100%
191:4,877888
Russia
100%
181:8,012,98432,991
Switzerland
100%
181:456,3057,530
Taiwan-141:1,697,83448,176
Japan-111:11,635,09636,893
Angola-91:2,996,2903,522
China-91:151,783,97666,907
Philippines
100%
91:11,778,831158,973
Poland-91:4,225,2354,388
Finland
88%
 
81:685,3987,121
Uganda
50%
 
71:5,850,98949,331
Austria
100%
51:1,702,8409,344
Chile
100%
51:3,521,44219,163
Ecuador-51:3,545,38415,000
Nepal-51:5,697,47055,717
Nigeria
100%
51:35,512,872242,191
Botswana-41:546,11213,807
Djibouti-41:228,9161,301
Madagascar-41:5,907,3524,093
South Korea-41:1,386,10520,690
Suriname-41:138,2032,927
Ireland
100%
31:1,547,8407,573
Benin-31:3,525,28151,145
Hong Kong-31:2,584,24211,307
Ivory Coast-21:11,537,96695,271
Lesotho
100%
21:1,019,99836,117
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Algeria
100%
11:38,176,72032,669
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
DR Congo-11:73,827,605146,761
Eritrea-11:4,752,977997
Estonia
100%
11:1,315,3808,883
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Georgia
100%
11:3,738,46629,095
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Hungary-11:9,791,7716,528
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Turkmenistan-11:5,472,8703,925

The alternate forms: Îqbàl (1) are calculated separately.

Iqbal (2,555,321) may also be a surname.

Iqbal Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Iqbal means 'fortunate' or 'prosperous' in Arabic. Variants of the name include Iqbaluddin and Iqbalullah.

- syedhumaid109

Iqbal Forename Popularity

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Ikball7349/
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Iqbool7319/
Ihkbal7316/
Iekbal7310/
Eqbaal738/
Eqball735/
Yikbal734/
Gikbal733/
Aicbal732/
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Ikbail732/
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Ikbalh731/
Oikbal731/
Eeqbal731/
Ekqbal731/
Eicbal731/
Eqhbal731/
Uikbal731/
Hicbal731/
Iqhwal731/
Ikbahl731/
Ikbaul731/
Ijkbal731/
Jqubal731/
Ikbalë731/
Icbaal731/
Ikballe67112/
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Ikbaale672/
Ieckbal671/
Ikbhaal671/
Ikbaile671/
Ikbaaal671/
Ikhbhal671/
Ikhbaal671/
Heqball671/
Hikbale671/
Hickbal671/
Ishkbal671/
Aikbaal671/
Ickball671/

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