Iqra Forename

8,466th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 122,170 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Iqra Forename User-submission:

The meaning of iqra is 'read' in Arabic.

Iqra Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan
100%
104,9451:1,852338
Kenya
100%
6,3101:7,3391,040
Somalia-4,7071:2,874421
India
100%
1,5701:773,80854,753
Bangladesh
100%
1,5581:102,3506,851
Somaliland
100%
6261:5,594512
Indonesia
50%
 
5131:502,85337,805
Saudi Arabia-4081:75,5218,273
Afghanistan
 
95%
3561:91,6393,324
Malawi
100%
2331:73,4434,317
England
 
98%
1961:283,6887,334
Spain
100%
1321:352,5005,360
Canada-1241:267,2059,022
United States
100%
1211:2,996,17343,819
Sweden
100%
761:129,7095,185
Qatar
100%
511:46,4635,889
Nigeria
100%
361:4,932,34372,844
Tanzania
 
68%
301:1,759,61121,659
Malaysia
 
77%
291:1,049,99836,559
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Thailand
 
91%
221:3,184,81072,608
Denmark-171:332,3236,094
Scotland
 
75%
151:356,6915,068
United Arab Emirates-101:715,19924,449
Norway
 
90%
101:513,2339,206
Australia-71:1,951,08917,897
Germany
 
84%
61:16,112,97944,905
Mauritius
100%
41:324,4465,754
Myanmar-41:12,987,0681,965
China-31:455,351,92789,064
Yemen-21:13,148,37610,677
Wales-21:1,547,15412,610
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
France
100%
21:33,235,17058,100
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
Ethiopia
100%
11:97,560,13329,608
South Africa
 
88%
11:54,532,649471,300
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Tajikistan
100%
11:8,374,9227,831
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144

Iqra (3,582) may also be a surname.

Iqra Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The meaning of iqra is 'read' in Arabic.

- iqraislam

Iqra Forename Popularity

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Icrad673/
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Icras672/
Yikra672/
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Icrai672/
Uicra672/
Aicra671/
Icrha671/
Icraa671/
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Ikkra671/
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Yqrwa671/
Icrah671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Iqra