Iran Forename
9,172nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 112,105 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran
Iran Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 90% | 67,876 | 1:1,156 | 204 |
| Brazil | 100% | 16,082 | 1:13,321 | 1,395 |
| Mexico | 71% | 5,195 | 1:23,897 | 1,344 |
| Pakistan | 69% | 4,116 | 1:47,220 | 2,752 |
| Indonesia | 67% | 3,127 | 1:82,496 | 9,613 |
| India | 85% | 2,138 | 1:568,231 | 44,003 |
| United States | 85% | 2,004 | 1:180,907 | 6,664 |
| Afghanistan | 76% | 1,882 | 1:17,334 | 1,409 |
| Cuba | - | 1,660 | 1:6,932 | 648 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,574 | 1:13,214 | 1,893 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,558 | 1:102,350 | 6,851 |
| Turkey | 99% | 1,155 | 1:67,361 | 2,612 |
| Venezuela | 68% | 803 | 1:37,611 | 2,488 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Philippines | 81% | 214 | 1:495,371 | 16,602 |
| Panama | 56% | 149 | 1:26,219 | 2,335 |
| Colombia | 100% | 122 | 1:391,631 | 6,790 |
| Honduras | 74% | 118 | 1:74,724 | 2,783 |
| Canada | - | 116 | 1:285,633 | 9,373 |
| Peru | 57% | 102 | 1:311,681 | 6,735 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 99 | 1:105,366 | 5,394 |
| England | 85% | 96 | 1:579,197 | 11,690 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Lebanon | 92% | 87 | 1:64,685 | 2,647 |
| Jamaica | - | 82 | 1:35,161 | 2,276 |
| Malaysia | 79% | 81 | 1:375,925 | 17,881 |
| Russia | 87% | 78 | 1:1,849,150 | 12,818 |
| Kazakhstan | 97% | 71 | 1:249,956 | 5,058 |
| Iraq | 55% | 63 | 1:555,839 | 5,912 |
| Sweden | 95% | 62 | 1:158,998 | 5,968 |
| Chile | 95% | 58 | 1:303,573 | 4,615 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Qatar | 50% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| Germany | 57% | 39 | 1:2,478,920 | 13,163 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 37 | 1:195,589 | 3,228 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52% | 36 | 1:226,453 | 19,035 |
| Argentina | 97% | 35 | 1:1,222,093 | 5,777 |
| Nicaragua | 76% | 35 | 1:171,952 | 4,709 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 33 | 1:107,585 | 1,960 |
| Liberia | 93% | 29 | 1:152,140 | 5,855 |
| Costa Rica | 82% | 28 | 1:170,284 | 4,241 |
| Netherlands | 66% | 27 | 1:626,003 | 13,680 |
| Benin | 75% | 26 | 1:406,763 | 14,639 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 63% | 24 | 1:248,887 | 10,874 |
| Palestine | 83% | 20 | 1:227,503 | 2,447 |
| South Africa | 93% | 20 | 1:2,726,632 | 72,557 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 19 | 1:5,873 | 978 |
| Spain | 100% | 19 | 1:2,448,946 | 12,647 |
| Belize | 67% | 15 | 1:23,621 | 2,493 |
| Taiwan | - | 15 | 1:1,584,645 | 46,832 |
| Uganda | 73% | 15 | 1:2,730,461 | 31,621 |
| Mauritius | - | 14 | 1:92,699 | 3,290 |
| Thailand | 86% | 13 | 1:5,389,678 | 96,686 |
| Cameroon | 58% | 12 | 1:1,800,875 | 40,142 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Armenia | 73% | 11 | 1:265,341 | 4,163 |
| Guatemala | 75% | 10 | 1:1,610,843 | 5,373 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 71% | 10 | 1:136,142 | 8,486 |
| Ecuador | - | 9 | 1:1,969,658 | 11,243 |
| Kosovo | - | 9 | 1:206,827 | 8,009 |
| Norway | 56% | 9 | 1:570,259 | 9,843 |
| Azerbaijan | 67% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Denmark | - | 7 | 1:807,071 | 10,426 |
| Jordan | 57% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| El Salvador | - | 6 | 1:1,056,964 | 6,645 |
| Georgia | 67% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Switzerland | 50% | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4 | 1:2,872,510 | 22,632 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Grenada | 100% | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Kenya | 50% | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Israel | 67% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Italy | 87% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Australia | - | 2 | 1:6,828,811 | 37,569 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| France | 50% | 2 | 1:33,235,170 | 58,100 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Niger | 50% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Nigeria | 50% | 2 | 1:88,782,180 | 420,186 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Ireland | 50% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Irán (44), Iràn (1), Irân (1) & Irãn (1) are calculated separately.
Iran (23,698) may also be a surname.
Iran Forename Popularity
Iran Demographics
Iran Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 359 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Iran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iran in the Russian language | ||
| Иран | iran | - |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Iran