Li Forename
14th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 13,166,162 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
China
Li Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | - | 12,889,649 | 1:106 | 4 |
| Cambodia | 54% | 58,126 | 1:280 | 32 |
| Singapore | 68% | 31,362 | 1:200 | 12 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 28,425 | 1:1,071 | 88 |
| Thailand | 69% | 24,823 | 1:2,823 | 493 |
| United States | 77% | 24,397 | 1:14,860 | 1,375 |
| Vietnam | 66% | 23,804 | 1:3,891 | 286 |
| India | 80% | 19,771 | 1:61,447 | 8,051 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7,874 | 1:985 | 91 |
| Canada | 70% | 7,584 | 1:4,369 | 705 |
| Taiwan | 69% | 7,430 | 1:3,199 | 489 |
| Myanmar | - | 5,250 | 1:9,895 | 323 |
| Kazakhstan | 65% | 4,885 | 1:3,633 | 498 |
| Indonesia | 78% | 4,125 | 1:62,537 | 7,601 |
| Macau | - | 3,120 | 1:195 | 43 |
| Russia | 80% | 2,121 | 1:68,003 | 1,468 |
| Brazil | 60% | 2,011 | 1:106,532 | 5,787 |
| Egypt | 68% | 1,887 | 1:48,702 | 2,807 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| Nigeria | 74% | 1,546 | 1:114,854 | 6,141 |
| France | 69% | 1,263 | 1:52,629 | 1,562 |
| England | 74% | 1,248 | 1:44,554 | 2,187 |
| Sweden | 95% | 1,210 | 1:8,147 | 766 |
| Australia | - | 969 | 1:14,095 | 1,142 |
| Cameroon | 67% | 873 | 1:24,754 | 2,045 |
| Germany | 77% | 715 | 1:135,214 | 2,502 |
| Spain | 74% | 648 | 1:71,806 | 2,443 |
| Netherlands | 56% | 575 | 1:29,395 | 2,454 |
| New Zealand | - | 520 | 1:8,723 | 977 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Pakistan | 82% | 428 | 1:454,107 | 10,938 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| South Africa | 83% | 356 | 1:153,182 | 10,709 |
| Japan | - | 294 | 1:435,327 | 10,339 |
| Brunei | - | 290 | 1:1,447 | 143 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Ecuador | - | 240 | 1:73,862 | 2,129 |
| Poland | 88% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Morocco | 100% | 218 | 1:157,563 | 4,496 |
| South Korea | 78% | 218 | 1:25,433 | 2,222 |
| Italy | 76% | 210 | 1:290,772 | 3,666 |
| Mexico | 72% | 202 | 1:614,576 | 6,270 |
| Uzbekistan | 50% | 194 | 1:158,693 | 3,996 |
| Suriname | - | 181 | 1:3,054 | 705 |
| Philippines | 68% | 174 | 1:609,250 | 19,224 |
| Ireland | 63% | 169 | 1:27,476 | 1,169 |
| Peru | 52% | 169 | 1:188,115 | 5,085 |
| Qatar | 72% | 146 | 1:16,230 | 2,469 |
| Hungary | 77% | 135 | 1:72,532 | 634 |
| Austria | 65% | 125 | 1:68,114 | 1,740 |
| Belarus | 55% | 118 | 1:80,359 | 872 |
| Denmark | - | 116 | 1:48,703 | 1,882 |
| Belgium | 89% | 112 | 1:102,590 | 3,502 |
| Norway | 88% | 110 | 1:46,658 | 1,978 |
| Switzerland | 53% | 107 | 1:76,762 | 2,739 |
| Venezuela | 59% | 107 | 1:282,261 | 9,142 |
| Malawi | - | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Jamaica | - | 105 | 1:27,459 | 1,981 |
| Finland | 79% | 104 | 1:52,723 | 1,746 |
| Scotland | 82% | 94 | 1:56,919 | 1,703 |
| Estonia | 100% | 86 | 1:15,295 | 1,466 |
| Azerbaijan | 94% | 85 | 1:113,446 | 4,752 |
| Algeria | 100% | 75 | 1:509,023 | 4,470 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| Panama | 61% | 70 | 1:55,808 | 3,534 |
| Greece | 56% | 66 | 1:165,675 | 3,640 |
| Argentina | 67% | 57 | 1:750,408 | 4,494 |
| Guam | - | 49 | 1:3,278 | 650 |
| Nepal | 84% | 46 | 1:619,290 | 16,526 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 45 | 1:28,840 | 2,228 |
| Burkina Faso | 75% | 44 | 1:417,715 | 15,019 |
| Paraguay | 77% | 43 | 1:168,298 | 3,039 |
| Wales | 65% | 42 | 1:73,674 | 2,111 |
| Niger | 50% | 41 | 1:467,902 | 9,689 |
| Costa Rica | 79% | 40 | 1:119,199 | 3,512 |
| Belize | 73% | 36 | 1:9,842 | 1,499 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 33 | 1:216,727 | 13,323 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Armenia | 100% | 28 | 1:104,241 | 2,598 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Chile | 67% | 22 | 1:800,328 | 7,987 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 88% | 19 | 1:314,383 | 12,290 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Lesotho | 50% | 17 | 1:120,000 | 9,827 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Honduras | 60% | 16 | 1:551,092 | 8,007 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Ivory Coast | 56% | 14 | 1:1,648,281 | 41,086 |
| Latvia | 100% | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Moldova | 100% | 12 | 1:296,762 | 2,284 |
| Slovenia | 50% | 12 | 1:204,896 | 3,859 |
| Iceland | - | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60% | 11 | 1:741,119 | 53,497 |
| Congo | 50% | 10 | 1:500,920 | 8,695 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 10 | 1:4,913 | 772 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,624,835 | 24,448 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Benin | 60% | 8 | 1:1,321,980 | 30,116 |
| El Salvador | - | 7 | 1:905,969 | 6,148 |
| Israel | - | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Turkey | 67% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| Iran | - | 6 | 1:13,082,811 | 33,089 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 6 | 1:79,273 | 1,016 |
| Uganda | 67% | 6 | 1:6,826,153 | 53,479 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Colombia | 100% | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Croatia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| Luxembourg | 50% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Slovakia | 75% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Albania | - | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Georgia | 50% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Maldives | 67% | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Oman | - | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Czechia | 62% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Nicaragua | - | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 50% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Liberia | - | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Lí (13) are calculated separately.
Li (104,892,114) may also be a surname.
Li Forename Popularity
Li Demographics
Li Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 104 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lí | 83 | 13 | / |
| Lei | 80 | 7,902,269 | / |
| Lai | 80 | 351,363 | / |
| Lia | 80 | 334,929 | / |
| Loi | 80 | 250,477 | / |
| Lie | 80 | 236,884 | / |
| Liz | 80 | 188,175 | / |
| Lis | 80 | 64,461 | / |
| Lui | 80 | 14,175 | / |
| Lio | 80 | 8,346 | / |
| Lip | 80 | 7,901 | / |
| Lih | 80 | 6,346 | / |
| Lit | 80 | 4,395 | / |
| Lii | 80 | 1,417 | / |
| Lid | 80 | 776 | / |
| Lli | 80 | 347 | / |
| Liy | 80 | 286 | / |
| Lij | 80 | 109 | / |
| Hli | 80 | 77 | / |
| Lyi | 80 | 68 | / |
| Lhi | 80 | 33 | / |
| Lgi | 80 | 30 | / |
| Øli | 80 | 8 | / |
| Liù | 80 | 6 | / |
| Lói | 80 | 2 | / |
| Əli | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ɛli | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ɵli | 80 | 1 | / |
| Léi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Liç | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luis | 67 | 9,757,245 | / |
| Luiz | 67 | 1,844,788 | / |
| Lois | 67 | 408,979 | / |
| Lais | 67 | 119,935 | / |
| Laid | 67 | 84,630 | / |
| Lihe | 67 | 72,320 | / |
| Laia | 67 | 35,666 | / |
| Llit | 67 | 16,421 | / |
| Lich | 67 | 11,518 | / |
| Laiz | 67 | 6,131 | / |
| Lizz | 67 | 3,362 | / |
| Liss | 67 | 3,302 | / |
| Lhoi | 67 | 1,226 | / |
| Loid | 67 | 1,186 | / |
| Laai | 67 | 1,079 | / |
| Luit | 67 | 893 | / |
| Lije | 67 | 787 | / |
| Leis | 67 | 734 | / |
| Lizë | 67 | 604 | / |
| Lait | 67 | 581 | / |
| Loit | 67 | 426 | / |
| List | 67 | 409 | / |
| Laij | 67 | 409 | / |
| Luid | 67 | 400 | / |
| Lieh | 67 | 372 | / |
| Lish | 67 | 346 | / |
| Liai | 67 | 328 | / |
| Leid | 67 | 312 | / |
| Leiz | 67 | 261 | / |
| Laip | 67 | 210 | / |
| Llia | 67 | 200 | / |
| Liea | 67 | 153 | / |
| Lizt | 67 | 149 | / |
| Litt | 67 | 117 | / |
| Lhai | 67 | 114 | / |
| Leit | 67 | 106 | / |
| Loiz | 67 | 102 | / |
| Llio | 67 | 96 | / |
| Leih | 67 | 90 | / |
| Liaa | 67 | 88 | / |
| Hlia | 67 | 78 | / |
| Liht | 67 | 78 | / |
| Laiy | 67 | 78 | / |
| Llie | 67 | 74 | / |
| Laih | 67 | 73 | / |
| Lhei | 67 | 60 | / |
| Liay | 67 | 60 | / |
| Luih | 67 | 43 | / |
| Lipp | 67 | 40 | / |
| Lhiz | 67 | 39 | / |
| Luij | 67 | 36 | / |
| Hloi | 67 | 33 | / |
| Glie | 67 | 29 | / |
| Lioa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Lioy | 67 | 26 | / |
| Lyai | 67 | 26 | / |
| Llis | 67 | 25 | / |
| Lliz | 67 | 23 | / |
| Lhie | 67 | 23 | / |
| Lliy | 67 | 22 | / |
| Liey | 67 | 22 | / |
| Llii | 67 | 21 | / |
| Leiy | 67 | 18 | / |
| Liph | 67 | 17 | / |
| Lhis | 67 | 14 | / |
| Liuy | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hlei | 67 | 12 | / |
| Leip | 67 | 12 | / |
| Lisd | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hlli | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hlii | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lidë | 67 | 10 | / |
| Liaj | 67 | 8 | / |
| Loih | 67 | 8 | / |
| Leij | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hlui | 67 | 8 | / |
| Llui | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lisp | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lloi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lhui | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lidd | 67 | 7 | / |
| Luui | 67 | 7 | / |
| Luiy | 67 | 7 | / |
| Llih | 67 | 7 | / |
| Llai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gliy | 67 | 6 | / |
| Llli | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hlai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lihh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lhio | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lijë | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hlis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Liej | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hlid | 67 | 4 | / |
| Llei | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lihs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Litd | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lgai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lyui | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lijj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Luiđ | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lidt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lidh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lhit | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lhli | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lgih | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lihz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Luip | 67 | 3 | / |
| Litë | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hlit | 67 | 2 | / |
| Li'e | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lhid | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lhip | 67 | 2 | / |
| Llhi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liuj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lizp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loip | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loij | 67 | 2 | / |
| Glii | 67 | 2 | / |
| Llij | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lijz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lhiy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liët | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ƈlli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hliy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loiç | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lioj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lihp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lijh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liuá | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lisë | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lgoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luiş | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lihd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lisj | 67 | 1 | / |
Li Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Li in the Russian language | ||
| Ли | li | - |
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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 Li