Omar Forename
126th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,423,007 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Gambia
Omar Forename Definition:
Arabic (masculine) - Better.
Omar Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 98% | 537,587 | 1:171 | 18 |
| Morocco | 100% | 259,016 | 1:133 | 15 |
| Mexico | 100% | 248,027 | 1:501 | 94 |
| Iraq | 100% | 203,953 | 1:172 | 17 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 184,758 | 1:863 | 91 |
| Algeria | 100% | 150,648 | 1:253 | 49 |
| Colombia | 100% | 130,408 | 1:366 | 53 |
| Argentina | 100% | 120,856 | 1:354 | 85 |
| Yemen | - | 113,112 | 1:232 | 39 |
| Somalia | - | 95,619 | 1:141 | 22 |
| Sudan | 100% | 92,215 | 1:410 | 71 |
| Libya | - | 84,830 | 1:73 | 10 |
| Syria | - | 82,287 | 1:235 | 35 |
| Jordan | 100% | 75,574 | 1:117 | 10 |
| United States | 100% | 75,567 | 1:4,798 | 694 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 69,982 | 1:432 | 46 |
| Senegal | 100% | 62,046 | 1:235 | 46 |
| Kenya | 87% | 53,500 | 1:866 | 172 |
| Philippines | 99% | 51,557 | 1:2,056 | 421 |
| Gambia | - | 50,594 | 1:38 | 3 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 48,487 | 1:4,008 | 601 |
| Cuba | - | 43,757 | 1:263 | 61 |
| Mozambique | - | 34,559 | 1:788 | 176 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 29,627 | 1:1,782 | 354 |
| Afghanistan | 88% | 25,563 | 1:1,276 | 231 |
| Peru | 100% | 25,449 | 1:1,249 | 249 |
| Chile | 100% | 22,758 | 1:774 | 166 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 21,673 | 1:1,405 | 123 |
| Palestine | 99% | 21,326 | 1:213 | 21 |
| Spain | 100% | 20,729 | 1:2,245 | 302 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 20,308 | 1:277 | 38 |
| India | 100% | 18,700 | 1:64,967 | 8,455 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 17,886 | 1:593 | 140 |
| Ecuador | - | 14,285 | 1:1,241 | 236 |
| Bahrain | - | 13,229 | 1:102 | 2 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 12,785 | 1:5,775 | 703 |
| Brazil | 100% | 12,491 | 1:17,151 | 1,655 |
| France | 100% | 11,745 | 1:5,659 | 474 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 11,190 | 1:2,754 | 453 |
| Honduras | 100% | 10,990 | 1:802 | 142 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 10,981 | 1:8,884 | 1,347 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 10,656 | 1:979 | 156 |
| Russia | 100% | 10,288 | 1:14,020 | 442 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 10,012 | 1:601 | 105 |
| Iran | 100% | 9,642 | 1:8,141 | 710 |
| Djibouti | - | 9,613 | 1:95 | 11 |
| Panama | 100% | 8,926 | 1:438 | 47 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8,395 | 1:852 | 91 |
| England | 100% | 8,225 | 1:6,760 | 627 |
| Rwanda | - | 7,493 | 1:1,518 | 320 |
| Burundi | 100% | 7,241 | 1:1,368 | 438 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 6,426 | 1:533 | 118 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6,422 | 1:742 | 157 |
| Oman | 100% | 6,318 | 1:650 | 90 |
| El Salvador | - | 6,200 | 1:1,023 | 178 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,942 | 1:5,576 | 831 |
| Italy | 100% | 5,722 | 1:10,671 | 653 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5,421 | 1:2,971 | 460 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5,159 | 1:688 | 131 |
| Niger | 96% | 4,929 | 1:3,892 | 495 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4,563 | 1:819 | 178 |
| Comoros | - | 4,546 | 1:167 | 23 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,382 | 1:6,158 | 723 |
| Angola | - | 4,184 | 1:6,445 | 896 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 4,175 | 1:839 | 171 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,078 | 1:5,100 | 865 |
| South Sudan | 97% | 3,661 | 1:3,155 | 440 |
| Uganda | 93% | 3,451 | 1:11,868 | 1,135 |
| South Africa | 99% | 3,427 | 1:15,913 | 2,373 |
| Mali | 100% | 2,927 | 1:5,800 | 552 |
| Malawi | 98% | 2,919 | 1:5,862 | 810 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,867 | 1:89,977 | 10,323 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 2,834 | 1:239 | 21 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,733 | 1:3,607 | 460 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 2,729 | 1:6,735 | 813 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| Togo | - | 2,225 | 1:3,254 | 553 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,214 | 1:5,190 | 763 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,088 | 1:1,381 | 339 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,869 | 1:37,488 | 4,402 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1,847 | 1:3,918 | 642 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,768 | 1:9,560 | 1,202 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,695 | 1:57,037 | 1,539 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1,640 | 1:10,821 | 912 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,225 | 1:31,043 | 972 |
| Australia | - | 1,028 | 1:13,286 | 1,104 |
| Nigeria | 85% | 952 | 1:186,517 | 8,290 |
| Norway | 100% | 714 | 1:7,188 | 742 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 713 | 1:11,520 | 1,063 |
| Denmark | - | 640 | 1:8,827 | 785 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 577 | 1:422 | 117 |
| Gabon | 100% | 561 | 1:3,357 | 747 |
| Israel | 99% | 513 | 1:16,380 | 1,694 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 488 | 1:19,760 | 1,892 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 485 | 1:63,477 | 2,171 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 477 | 1:12,523 | 1,770 |
| Belize | 100% | 472 | 1:751 | 117 |
| Turkmenistan | 95% | 448 | 1:12,216 | 503 |
| Scotland | 100% | 411 | 1:13,018 | 794 |
| Kuwait | - | 399 | 1:9,487 | 1,129 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 386 | 1:59,782 | 4,210 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 381 | 1:21,981 | 1,554 |
| Benin | 100% | 376 | 1:28,127 | 2,685 |
| Malta | - | 335 | 1:1,282 | 279 |
| Romania | 100% | 320 | 1:62,662 | 3,240 |
| Portugal | - | 304 | 1:34,246 | 1,362 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 272 | 1:15,056 | 1,180 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 265 | 1:5,137 | 884 |
| Guyana | 100% | 260 | 1:2,936 | 576 |
| Brunei | 100% | 247 | 1:1,699 | 174 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 244 | 1:186,475 | 1,232 |
| Cameroon | 97% | 234 | 1:92,353 | 4,980 |
| Ireland | 100% | 216 | 1:21,498 | 1,033 |
| Austria | 100% | 206 | 1:41,331 | 1,359 |
| Finland | 82% | 206 | 1:26,617 | 1,279 |
| Singapore | 85% | 204 | 1:30,819 | 5,862 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 191 | 1:816 | 249 |
| Wales | 99% | 169 | 1:18,310 | 1,067 |
| China | - | 168 | 1:8,131,284 | 59,470 |
| Greece | 100% | 166 | 1:65,871 | 2,094 |
| New Zealand | - | 165 | 1:27,491 | 1,891 |
| Czechia | 100% | 157 | 1:67,874 | 964 |
| Aruba | - | 150 | 1:692 | 112 |
| Armenia | 100% | 137 | 1:21,305 | 1,223 |
| Japan | - | 112 | 1:1,142,733 | 15,832 |
| Barbados | - | 109 | 1:2,659 | 545 |
| Iceland | 100% | 102 | 1:3,588 | 483 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 102 | 1:24,105 | 1,414 |
| Estonia | 100% | 91 | 1:14,455 | 1,406 |
| Albania | 100% | 88 | 1:34,620 | 3,633 |
| Qatar | 100% | 84 | 1:28,210 | 3,941 |
| Liberia | 100% | 75 | 1:58,827 | 2,969 |
| Belarus | 97% | 69 | 1:137,426 | 1,325 |
| Hungary | 100% | 62 | 1:157,932 | 917 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 55 | 1:23,596 | 2,071 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 53 | 1:1,010 | 229 |
| Bahamas | - | 51 | 1:7,831 | 1,045 |
| Zimbabwe | 73% | 50 | 1:308,476 | 16,320 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 49 | 1:97,000 | 118 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Bulgaria | 67% | 47 | 1:148,732 | 4,332 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 44 | 1:2,259 | 487 |
| Bermuda | - | 43 | 1:1,508 | 344 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 42 | 1:2,657 | 514 |
| Myanmar | - | 41 | 1:1,267,031 | 741 |
| Turkey | 100% | 41 | 1:1,897,603 | 13,856 |
| Congo | 100% | 40 | 1:125,230 | 6,161 |
| Guinea | 100% | 37 | 1:320,504 | 2,835 |
| Namibia | - | 36 | 1:66,783 | 3,675 |
| Zambia | - | 34 | 1:466,317 | 11,078 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,085 | 255 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,977 | 447 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 28 | 1:848,917 | 35,704 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 28 | 1:3,920 | 684 |
| Croatia | 100% | 26 | 1:162,195 | 3,156 |
| Hong Kong | - | 26 | 1:298,182 | 3,645 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Cape Verde | - | 24 | 1:22,048 | 1,564 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 23 | 1:230,872 | 1,448 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| South Korea | - | 20 | 1:277,221 | 9,162 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 19 | 1:97,008 | 1,465 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 18 | 1:113,333 | 9,408 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 17 | 1:207,321 | 3,623 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Monaco | 100% | 14 | 1:2,748 | 527 |
| Saint Lucia | 85% | 14 | 1:12,701 | 1,596 |
| Luxembourg | - | 13 | 1:43,388 | 1,811 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 11 | 1:17,454 | 1,614 |
| Cyprus | - | 10 | 1:87,108 | 2,498 |
| Serbia | - | 10 | 1:714,572 | 5,483 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Grenada | 100% | 9 | 1:12,014 | 1,427 |
| Maldives | 100% | 9 | 1:48,211 | 1,554 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 9 | 1:6,096 | 1,002 |
| Haiti | - | 8 | 1:1,340,869 | 18,166 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Kosovo | - | 6 | 1:310,240 | 9,823 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Moldova | 100% | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Latvia | - | 5 | 1:403,129 | 3,324 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 5 | 1:1,630,463 | 100,826 |
| San Marino | 100% | 5 | 1:6,584 | 471 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:106,044 | 2,485 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
The alternate forms: Ömar (1,575), Ómar (615), Omár (17), Omàr (5), Òmar (1), Ômar (1) & Omâr (1) are calculated separately.
Omar (1,736,629) may also be a surname.
Omar Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Arabic (masculine) - Better.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
O'-mar, he that speaks, bitter. Son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau. Gen. xxxvi. 11.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: I will say.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Omar Forename Popularity
Omar Demographics
Omar Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 6,842 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Omar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Omar in the Russian language | ||
| Омар | omar | - |
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