Karl Forename
668th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,212,023 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden
Karl Forename Definition:
The Teutonic spelling of Carl, Charles.
Karl Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 562,982 | 1:172 | 35 |
| Sweden | 100% | 152,922 | 1:64 | 5 |
| United States | 100% | 150,362 | 1:2,411 | 441 |
| Austria | 100% | 116,045 | 1:73 | 7 |
| England | 100% | 45,944 | 1:1,210 | 248 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 21,857 | 1:376 | 77 |
| Philippines | 97% | 17,388 | 1:6,097 | 975 |
| Canada | 100% | 17,354 | 1:1,909 | 400 |
| Norway | 100% | 13,280 | 1:386 | 93 |
| Denmark | - | 9,111 | 1:620 | 137 |
| Australia | - | 7,763 | 1:1,759 | 348 |
| Italy | 100% | 5,840 | 1:10,456 | 641 |
| France | 100% | 5,414 | 1:12,277 | 720 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,246 | 1:10,395 | 1,768 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4,538 | 1:2,532 | 520 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,386 | 1:1,034 | 243 |
| Madagascar | - | 4,232 | 1:5,584 | 1,110 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,568 | 1:528 | 84 |
| Ghana | 75% | 3,371 | 1:8,005 | 832 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,094 | 1:1,501 | 258 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,094 | 1:1,000 | 236 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,815 | 1:76,105 | 4,663 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,341 | 1:1,232 | 314 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,327 | 1:30,110 | 3,742 |
| Haiti | 100% | 2,241 | 1:4,787 | 682 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,976 | 1:2,775 | 433 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1,943 | 1:677 | 169 |
| Poland | 88% | 1,932 | 1:19,683 | 705 |
| Malta | - | 1,829 | 1:235 | 37 |
| Russia | 97% | 1,800 | 1:80,130 | 1,634 |
| Congo | 97% | 1,455 | 1:3,443 | 560 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,407 | 1:12,013 | 1,355 |
| Ukraine | 95% | 1,398 | 1:32,546 | 452 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,271 | 1:76,759 | 6,049 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,242 | 1:8,399 | 1,041 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1,240 | 1:295 | 46 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1,176 | 1:2,091 | 376 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Scotland | 100% | 929 | 1:5,759 | 514 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 883 | 1:83,610 | 4,669 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 812 | 1:10,040 | 1,005 |
| China | - | 738 | 1:1,851,024 | 41,566 |
| India | 100% | 608 | 1:1,998,155 | 104,245 |
| Greenland | - | 600 | 1:94 | 8 |
| Togo | - | 577 | 1:12,546 | 1,699 |
| Spain | 100% | 570 | 1:81,632 | 2,612 |
| Chile | 96% | 545 | 1:32,307 | 1,411 |
| Israel | 97% | 523 | 1:16,067 | 1,677 |
| Morocco | - | 519 | 1:66,182 | 2,499 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 476 | 1:3,872 | 487 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Egypt | 100% | 455 | 1:201,980 | 7,440 |
| French Polynesia | - | 454 | 1:612 | 129 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Peru | 99% | 425 | 1:74,803 | 3,070 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 386 | 1:78,243 | 3,880 |
| Mauritius | - | 375 | 1:3,461 | 609 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 367 | 1:58,884 | 3,646 |
| Samoa | - | 365 | 1:535 | 163 |
| Mexico | 99% | 364 | 1:341,056 | 4,638 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Japan | - | 334 | 1:383,192 | 9,704 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 317 | 1:852 | 195 |
| Portugal | - | 314 | 1:33,156 | 1,338 |
| Indonesia | - | 303 | 1:851,365 | 55,354 |
| Kenya | 100% | 286 | 1:161,913 | 7,123 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Greece | 100% | 253 | 1:43,220 | 1,586 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 237 | 1:128,481 | 8,460 |
| Namibia | - | 235 | 1:10,231 | 1,236 |
| Hong Kong | - | 227 | 1:34,153 | 2,399 |
| Benin | 100% | 224 | 1:47,214 | 3,790 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 213 | 1:144,537 | 3,727 |
| Kazakhstan | 84% | 211 | 1:84,108 | 2,753 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Belize | 100% | 175 | 1:2,025 | 461 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 168 | 1:225 | 58 |
| Ecuador | - | 160 | 1:110,793 | 2,566 |
| Singapore | 100% | 160 | 1:39,294 | 6,551 |
| Bahamas | - | 158 | 1:2,528 | 511 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 154 | 1:319 | 48 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 152 | 1:1,168,187 | 28,135 |
| Panama | 100% | 150 | 1:26,044 | 2,324 |
| Hungary | 100% | 146 | 1:67,067 | 616 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 133 | 1:10,236 | 1,510 |
| Croatia | 100% | 130 | 1:32,439 | 1,385 |
| Barbados | - | 128 | 1:2,264 | 485 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 119 | 1:135,365 | 2,539 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 119 | 1:129,612 | 8,787 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 116 | 1:41,103 | 2,017 |
| Gibraltar | - | 108 | 1:316 | 60 |
| Oman | - | 101 | 1:40,680 | 2,379 |
| Belarus | 95% | 96 | 1:98,775 | 1,026 |
| Guyana | 100% | 93 | 1:8,207 | 1,313 |
| Guam | - | 87 | 1:1,847 | 398 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 87 | 1:82,207 | 6,764 |
| Honduras | 100% | 82 | 1:107,530 | 3,362 |
| Latvia | - | 82 | 1:24,581 | 1,010 |
| Guernsey | - | 73 | 1:868 | 190 |
| Jersey | 100% | 72 | 1:1,389 | 296 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 72 | 1:100,511 | 2,534 |
| Botswana | 100% | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| South Korea | - | 66 | 1:84,006 | 4,586 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 65 | 1:355,014 | 14,807 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 65 | 1:8,678 | 753 |
| Colombia | 81% | 61 | 1:783,261 | 9,976 |
| Czechia | 96% | 58 | 1:183,727 | 1,535 |
| Iraq | - | 58 | 1:603,756 | 6,195 |
| Seychelles | - | 58 | 1:1,598 | 376 |
| Brunei | - | 49 | 1:8,563 | 704 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 49 | 1:2,240 | 453 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 46 | 1:516,732 | 28,563 |
| Romania | 100% | 42 | 1:477,428 | 13,391 |
| Qatar | 100% | 41 | 1:57,795 | 7,275 |
| Uganda | 100% | 40 | 1:1,023,923 | 17,655 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 38 | 1:158,377 | 4,487 |
| Argentina | 85% | 36 | 1:1,188,146 | 5,692 |
| Armenia | 100% | 36 | 1:81,076 | 2,296 |
| Bermuda | - | 36 | 1:1,801 | 401 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 35 | 1:525,128 | 17,641 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 34 | 1:104,421 | 1,927 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 29 | 1:241,048 | 5,534 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 29 | 1:118,194 | 2,814 |
| American Samoa | - | 26 | 1:2,148 | 357 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,358 | 517 |
| Monaco | 100% | 26 | 1:1,479 | 318 |
| Libya | - | 25 | 1:248,852 | 929 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 24 | 1:122,995 | 1,615 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 24 | 1:4,649 | 822 |
| Georgia | 100% | 21 | 1:178,022 | 5,082 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 21 | 1:2,513,729 | 22,624 |
| Turkey | 83% | 20 | 1:3,890,085 | 19,888 |
| Grenada | 100% | 19 | 1:5,691 | 906 |
| Afghanistan | - | 18 | 1:1,812,418 | 16,974 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 18 | 1:331,849 | 12,621 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 18 | 1:5,145,728 | 3,613 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 17 | 1:3,227 | 641 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 17 | 1:312,357 | 1,700 |
| Curaçao | - | 16 | 1:9,738 | 620 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Senegal | 100% | 16 | 1:911,335 | 8,896 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 15 | 1:642,863 | 11,711 |
| Liberia | 100% | 15 | 1:294,137 | 9,351 |
| Pakistan | 75% | 15 | 1:12,957,179 | 80,243 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,604 | 555 |
| El Salvador | - | 12 | 1:528,482 | 4,653 |
| Moldova | 100% | 11 | 1:323,740 | 2,377 |
| Lebanon | - | 10 | 1:562,757 | 6,675 |
| Serbia | 100% | 10 | 1:714,572 | 5,483 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 9 | 1:19,757 | 2,072 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Bolivia | - | 8 | 1:1,325,176 | 3,878 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Zambia | - | 8 | 1:1,981,849 | 20,512 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Micronesia | - | 6 | 1:17,750 | 599 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 5 | 1:105,830 | 3,482 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Niger | - | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Nauru | 67% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Kärl (2) are calculated separately.
Karl (45,926) may also be a surname.
Karl Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The Teutonic spelling of Carl, Charles.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Teutonic (masculine) - Valiant,strong.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: A man. Some authorities give this as the German form of Charles.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Karl Forename Popularity
Karl Demographics
Average Karl Salary in
United States
$47,642 USD
Per year
Rank:
153,282 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0422932
Rank: 431 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
109.45%
Sample size: 73,181 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Karl Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karl in the Russian language | ||
| Карл | karl | - |
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Karl