Israfil Forename

21,445th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 41,791 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Azerbaijan

Israfil Forename User-submission:

It is a male name, which derives from the name of one of the four Islamic archangels. It is believed that Israfil will blow the trumpet from a holy rock in Jerusalem to announce the Day of Resurrection. In Judeo-Christian biblical literature, Raphael is the counterpart of Israfil.

Israfil Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh
100%
15,7631:10,1161,301
India
100%
9,5051:127,81514,692
Turkey
100%
8,7661:8,8751,031
Azerbaijan
100%
4,3071:2,239484
Russia
100%
1,4261:101,1461,920
Indonesia
100%
5811:443,99934,634
Kazakhstan
100%
3151:56,3392,169
Saudi Arabia-2331:132,24312,172
Pakistan
100%
1981:981,60417,463
Afghanistan
100%
1231:265,2326,004
Uzbekistan
100%
781:394,6987,244
Qatar
100%
721:32,9114,385
Kyrgyzstan
100%
681:87,8426,180
United Arab Emirates-451:158,93310,498
Germany
100%
441:2,197,22412,262
France
100%
321:2,077,19812,077
United States-321:11,329,281109,996
Malaysia
100%
251:1,217,99840,661
England
100%
191:2,926,47032,508
Nigeria
100%
191:9,345,493111,831
Austria
100%
151:567,6135,057
Philippines
93%
 
141:7,572,106116,282
Egypt
100%
91:10,211,21621,716
Niger
100%
91:2,131,55525,465
Canada-81:4,141,67245,609
South Africa
100%
71:7,790,378138,656
Sweden
100%
61:1,642,98427,315
Moldova
100%
61:593,5233,425
Belarus
80%
 
61:1,580,3977,457
Georgia
100%
51:747,69311,698
Thailand
100%
41:17,516,453200,944
Netherlands
100%
41:4,225,52128,563
Armenia
100%
41:729,6887,125
Trinidad and Tobago-41:340,35515,394
Belgium
100%
41:2,872,51022,632
Uganda
100%
31:13,652,30774,436
Northern Cyprus
100%
31:106,0442,485
Bulgaria
100%
31:2,330,13016,302
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Switzerland-21:4,106,74825,883
Tanzania
50%
 
21:26,394,16073,301
Cameroon-21:10,805,25286,897
Mexico
100%
21:62,072,21496,650
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Turkmenistan
100%
11:5,472,8703,925
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159

Israfil (15,448) may also be a surname.

Israfil Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is a male name, which derives from the name of one of the four Islamic archangels. It is believed that Israfil will blow the trumpet from a holy rock in Jerusalem to announce the Day of Resurrection. In Judeo-Christian biblical literature, Raphael is the counterpart of Israfil.

- neos721

Israfil Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Israfil Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Israfil in the Russian language
Исрафилisrafil-

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