Karel Forename
5,827th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 180,133 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia
Karel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 99% | 110,087 | 1:97 | 23 |
| Belgium | 100% | 17,750 | 1:647 | 152 |
| South Africa | 100% | 13,525 | 1:4,032 | 764 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 12,199 | 1:1,386 | 289 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 9,357 | 1:27,569 | 3,760 |
| United States | 53% | 3,784 | 1:95,808 | 4,320 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1,580 | 1:1,556 | 326 |
| Germany | 100% | 929 | 1:104,067 | 2,167 |
| Canada | 85% | 812 | 1:40,805 | 2,906 |
| Namibia | - | 691 | 1:3,479 | 579 |
| Cuba | - | 637 | 1:18,064 | 1,022 |
| Philippines | 65% | 545 | 1:194,513 | 8,747 |
| Estonia | 100% | 476 | 1:2,763 | 528 |
| England | 79% | 449 | 1:123,837 | 4,347 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 445 | 1:11,933 | 450 |
| Mexico | 61% | 394 | 1:315,087 | 4,452 |
| Congo | 90% | 375 | 1:13,358 | 1,580 |
| Suriname | 100% | 329 | 1:1,680 | 382 |
| France | 77% | 321 | 1:207,073 | 3,302 |
| Gabon | - | 321 | 1:5,867 | 1,120 |
| Ukraine | 83% | 285 | 1:159,649 | 1,116 |
| Venezuela | 97% | 264 | 1:114,401 | 4,984 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 252 | 1:32,593 | 1,782 |
| India | 64% | 250 | 1:4,859,512 | 187,636 |
| Brazil | 100% | 241 | 1:888,947 | 24,236 |
| DR Congo | 83% | 240 | 1:307,615 | 12,192 |
| Spain | 100% | 228 | 1:204,079 | 4,118 |
| Austria | 100% | 215 | 1:39,601 | 1,324 |
| Peru | 61% | 200 | 1:158,957 | 4,624 |
| New Zealand | - | 197 | 1:23,026 | 1,719 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 161 | 1:64,790 | 3,973 |
| Nicaragua | 68% | 157 | 1:38,333 | 2,109 |
| Thailand | 99% | 144 | 1:486,568 | 23,302 |
| Australia | - | 124 | 1:110,142 | 3,781 |
| Aruba | - | 121 | 1:858 | 164 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 115 | 1:1,355 | 361 |
| Sweden | 100% | 108 | 1:91,277 | 4,043 |
| Panama | 100% | 89 | 1:43,894 | 3,099 |
| Ecuador | - | 82 | 1:216,182 | 3,573 |
| New Caledonia | - | 69 | 1:3,915 | 602 |
| Jamaica | - | 68 | 1:42,400 | 2,561 |
| Chile | 68% | 67 | 1:262,794 | 4,243 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Cameroon | - | 61 | 1:354,271 | 12,722 |
| Croatia | 100% | 56 | 1:75,305 | 2,132 |
| Norway | 100% | 56 | 1:91,649 | 3,068 |
| Turkey | 93% | 51 | 1:1,525,524 | 12,405 |
| Costa Rica | 61% | 48 | 1:99,332 | 3,191 |
| Papua New Guinea | 89% | 48 | 1:169,840 | 14,736 |
| Finland | 86% | 47 | 1:116,663 | 2,557 |
| Guatemala | 50% | 47 | 1:342,733 | 3,797 |
| Russia | 92% | 43 | 1:3,354,272 | 18,852 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 43 | 1:31,661 | 3,306 |
| Ireland | 100% | 40 | 1:116,088 | 2,722 |
| Scotland | 90% | 35 | 1:152,868 | 3,016 |
| Benin | 100% | 31 | 1:341,156 | 13,177 |
| Malaysia | 84% | 30 | 1:1,014,998 | 35,717 |
| Belize | 100% | 26 | 1:13,627 | 1,804 |
| Colombia | 50% | 26 | 1:1,837,651 | 16,034 |
| Israel | 59% | 26 | 1:323,189 | 7,892 |
| Iceland | 100% | 25 | 1:14,641 | 1,158 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Qatar | 75% | 23 | 1:103,026 | 12,248 |
| Denmark | - | 22 | 1:256,795 | 5,179 |
| China | - | 20 | 1:68,302,789 | 63,189 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 17 | 1:201,626 | 3,724 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 15 | 1:466,026 | 7,553 |
| Serbia | 100% | 15 | 1:476,381 | 4,855 |
| Wales | 87% | 15 | 1:206,287 | 3,673 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 13 | 1:13,658,797 | 139,235 |
| Singapore | - | 13 | 1:483,620 | 11,161 |
| Senegal | 50% | 12 | 1:1,215,113 | 10,353 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 11 | 1:51,277 | 1,980 |
| Guyana | 100% | 10 | 1:76,326 | 6,296 |
| Angola | 100% | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 9 | 1:2,042,163 | 43,570 |
| Honduras | 100% | 9 | 1:979,719 | 11,190 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 9 | 1:21,595,298 | 106,286 |
| Italy | 72% | 8 | 1:7,632,761 | 27,464 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 7 | 1:298,680 | 7,602 |
| Argentina | 100% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Greece | 100% | 6 | 1:1,822,425 | 10,706 |
| Nepal | 67% | 6 | 1:4,747,892 | 50,788 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Isle of Man | - | 4 | 1:21,256 | 352 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Georgia | 67% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Tanzania | - | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 50% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uganda | - | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
The alternate forms: Karél (2) are calculated separately.
Karel (6,488) may also be a surname.
Karel Forename Popularity
Karel Demographics
Karel Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 770 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Karel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karel in the Russian language | ||
| Карел | karel | - |
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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
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- 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 Karel