Kamal Forename
218th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,519,397 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal
Kamal Forename User-submission:
Kamal is an Arabic name, which means 'perfection'.
It may also be a Hindi name, in which case it means 'lotus'.
The name is widespread in both cultures. However, there is no connection between the origins of the Arabic and the Hindi variations of the name.
Read More About This ForenameKamal Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 51% | 1,320,921 | 1:920 | 69 |
| Nepal | 73% | 245,962 | 1:116 | 7 |
| Sudan | 100% | 135,447 | 1:279 | 34 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 125,005 | 1:1,276 | 154 |
| Morocco | 100% | 107,193 | 1:320 | 70 |
| Egypt | 100% | 92,175 | 1:997 | 182 |
| Pakistan | 84% | 67,964 | 1:2,860 | 471 |
| Iran | 100% | 61,478 | 1:1,277 | 219 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 43,136 | 1:482 | 73 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 33,709 | 1:5,268 | 851 |
| Yemen | - | 24,521 | 1:1,072 | 185 |
| Libya | - | 22,952 | 1:271 | 43 |
| Iraq | 100% | 18,323 | 1:1,911 | 375 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 18,288 | 1:14,106 | 1,998 |
| Algeria | 100% | 17,668 | 1:2,161 | 349 |
| Syria | - | 15,606 | 1:1,237 | 241 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 11,777 | 1:2,586 | 249 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 11,377 | 1:848 | 209 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 10,647 | 1:3,064 | 503 |
| Lebanon | 95% | 10,208 | 1:551 | 103 |
| Jordan | 99% | 10,080 | 1:876 | 213 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 9,954 | 1:719 | 81 |
| United States | 95% | 9,945 | 1:36,454 | 2,319 |
| Palestine | 100% | 9,645 | 1:472 | 116 |
| Somalia | - | 8,257 | 1:1,638 | 274 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 6,011 | 1:16,230 | 2,192 |
| Oman | 98% | 5,975 | 1:688 | 94 |
| South Sudan | 54% | 4,882 | 1:2,366 | 378 |
| England | 99% | 4,405 | 1:12,623 | 931 |
| Russia | 100% | 4,336 | 1:33,264 | 780 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,764 | 1:7,170 | 778 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,502 | 1:9,461 | 1,128 |
| Comoros | - | 2,979 | 1:256 | 30 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,453 | 1:18,969 | 1,135 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,026 | 1:18,770 | 690 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1,960 | 1:15,707 | 1,588 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1,957 | 1:663 | 70 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,848 | 1:366 | 48 |
| Kenya | - | 1,805 | 1:25,655 | 2,279 |
| Kazakhstan | 91% | 1,490 | 1:11,911 | 966 |
| Angola | - | 1,485 | 1:18,159 | 1,621 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 1,294 | 1:2,706 | 359 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,184 | 1:1,139 | 186 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 98% | 1,158 | 1:5,158 | 824 |
| Fiji | - | 1,151 | 1:775 | 144 |
| France | 100% | 1,074 | 1:61,890 | 1,706 |
| Togo | - | 1,071 | 1:6,759 | 1,050 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,049 | 1:29,373 | 3,696 |
| Australia | - | 805 | 1:16,966 | 1,280 |
| South Africa | 97% | 764 | 1:71,378 | 6,506 |
| Chad | 100% | 680 | 1:19,998 | 2,770 |
| Belgium | 100% | 668 | 1:17,201 | 1,421 |
| Germany | 100% | 616 | 1:156,945 | 2,735 |
| Sweden | 99% | 604 | 1:16,321 | 1,218 |
| Benin | 100% | 588 | 1:17,986 | 1,996 |
| Bhutan | 85% | 570 | 1:1,447 | 175 |
| Thailand | 100% | 563 | 1:124,451 | 9,719 |
| Turkey | 100% | 540 | 1:144,077 | 3,787 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 513 | 1:32,948 | 2,628 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 501 | 1:105,366 | 5,739 |
| New Zealand | - | 447 | 1:10,148 | 1,075 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 433 | 1:3,144 | 592 |
| Philippines | 98% | 393 | 1:269,744 | 10,895 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 381 | 1:21,981 | 1,554 |
| Brazil | 100% | 331 | 1:647,239 | 19,498 |
| Guyana | 100% | 273 | 1:2,796 | 548 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 266 | 1:113,541 | 4,962 |
| Gabon | - | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| Singapore | 100% | 221 | 1:28,448 | 5,819 |
| Ukraine | 98% | 194 | 1:234,536 | 1,435 |
| Italy | 97% | 154 | 1:396,507 | 4,558 |
| Norway | 100% | 139 | 1:36,923 | 1,714 |
| Brunei | 100% | 134 | 1:3,131 | 320 |
| Japan | - | 131 | 1:976,993 | 14,863 |
| Austria | 100% | 130 | 1:65,494 | 1,711 |
| Israel | 95% | 116 | 1:72,439 | 3,696 |
| Scotland | 97% | 113 | 1:47,348 | 1,531 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 110 | 1:74,668 | 2,696 |
| Djibouti | - | 109 | 1:8,401 | 725 |
| Greece | 100% | 106 | 1:103,156 | 2,740 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73% | 97 | 1:84,044 | 7,853 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 86 | 1:121,294 | 5,870 |
| Georgia | 100% | 86 | 1:43,471 | 2,268 |
| Kuwait | - | 85 | 1:44,533 | 4,106 |
| Wales | 100% | 81 | 1:38,201 | 1,528 |
| China | - | 79 | 1:17,291,845 | 60,171 |
| Senegal | 100% | 74 | 1:197,045 | 4,033 |
| Chile | 100% | 72 | 1:244,545 | 4,080 |
| Finland | 79% | 69 | 1:79,466 | 2,118 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 62 | 1:1,190,768 | 33,715 |
| Cambodia | 73% | 60 | 1:271,222 | 7,641 |
| Turkmenistan | 83% | 53 | 1:103,262 | 1,140 |
| Ireland | 100% | 49 | 1:94,766 | 2,403 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 49 | 1:97,000 | 118 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Hong Kong | - | 47 | 1:164,952 | 3,125 |
| Uganda | 90% | 46 | 1:890,368 | 16,270 |
| Jamaica | - | 44 | 1:65,528 | 3,342 |
| Niger | 97% | 41 | 1:467,902 | 9,689 |
| Denmark | - | 37 | 1:152,689 | 3,777 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 36 | 1:3,099 | 585 |
| Belarus | 100% | 32 | 1:296,324 | 2,238 |
| Romania | 100% | 32 | 1:626,624 | 17,326 |
| Seychelles | - | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Czechia | 100% | 29 | 1:367,454 | 2,177 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Honduras | 100% | 22 | 1:400,794 | 6,774 |
| Panama | 100% | 21 | 1:186,027 | 7,386 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 20 | 1:1,080,525 | 27,973 |
| Colombia | 100% | 20 | 1:2,388,946 | 18,551 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 20 | 1:1,153,797 | 32,566 |
| South Korea | - | 19 | 1:291,812 | 9,421 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 18 | 1:1,320,538 | 43,414 |
| Armenia | 100% | 17 | 1:171,691 | 3,368 |
| Barbados | - | 16 | 1:18,112 | 1,392 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Mexico | 100% | 15 | 1:8,276,295 | 27,186 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Liberia | 67% | 14 | 1:315,147 | 9,860 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 12 | 1:1,531,622 | 37,504 |
| Ecuador | - | 12 | 1:1,477,243 | 9,675 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 12 | 1:341,270 | 8,179 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 11 | 1:79,189 | 2,418 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Belize | 100% | 9 | 1:39,368 | 3,319 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,472 | 705 |
| Bulgaria | - | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Congo | 100% | 9 | 1:556,578 | 9,819 |
| Grenada | 100% | 9 | 1:12,014 | 1,427 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Luxembourg | - | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Bahamas | - | 7 | 1:57,053 | 1,294 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 7 | 1:2,203,402 | 59,073 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Maldives | 67% | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Northern Ireland | 59% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
Kamal (1,003,442) may also be a surname.
Kamal Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Kamal is an Arabic name, which means 'perfection'.
It may also be a Hindi name, in which case it means 'lotus'.
The name is widespread in both cultures. However, there is no connection between the origins of the Arabic and the Hindi variations of the name.
- kamal_The name Kamal is derived from Sanskrit name Kamalām, which means 'lotus flower'.
- pranil_tKamal Forename Popularity
Kamal Demographics
Kamal Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 299 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamal in the Russian language | ||
| Камал | kamal | - |
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