Pavel Forename
249th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,296,013 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Czechia
Pavel Forename User-submission:
Pavel is the Russian, Slovenian and Czech form of the name Paul, which in turn means 'small', 'humble'.
Pavel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 100% | 1,388,572 | 1:104 | 28 |
| Ukraine | 99% | 279,611 | 1:163 | 47 |
| Czechia | 100% | 211,190 | 1:50 | 7 |
| Belarus | 99% | 141,650 | 1:67 | 16 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 63,999 | 1:277 | 52 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 34,009 | 1:156 | 32 |
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 26,744 | 1:1,151 | 258 |
| Moldova | 100% | 22,186 | 1:161 | 45 |
| Bangladesh | - | 21,262 | 1:7,500 | 983 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 14,487 | 1:483 | 106 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 11,429 | 1:479 | 124 |
| Romania | 100% | 10,225 | 1:1,961 | 241 |
| United States | 100% | 9,585 | 1:37,823 | 2,366 |
| Tajikistan | 89% | 5,165 | 1:1,621 | 318 |
| Poland | 100% | 5,136 | 1:7,404 | 374 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 97% | 4,774 | 1:1,251 | 217 |
| Serbia | 100% | 3,524 | 1:2,028 | 357 |
| Transnistria | 98% | 3,457 | 1:138 | 35 |
| Mexico | 99% | 3,097 | 1:40,085 | 1,701 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,883 | 1:33,534 | 1,192 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 2,826 | 1:870 | 223 |
| Estonia | 100% | 2,485 | 1:529 | 119 |
| Lithuania | 99% | 2,252 | 1:1,311 | 248 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,975 | 1:35,476 | 4,224 |
| Cuba | - | 1,952 | 1:5,895 | 594 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,686 | 1:19,652 | 1,793 |
| England | 100% | 1,560 | 1:35,643 | 1,892 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,415 | 1:32,883 | 1,613 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,359 | 1:7,676 | 984 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1,331 | 1:2,193 | 388 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,242 | 1:25,597 | 1,834 |
| Congo | 100% | 881 | 1:5,686 | 813 |
| India | 99% | 848 | 1:1,432,639 | 83,473 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 603 | 1:15,992 | 1,681 |
| Finland | 100% | 571 | 1:9,603 | 793 |
| Sweden | 100% | 527 | 1:18,706 | 1,340 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 464 | 1:17,702 | 1,332 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Austria | 100% | 402 | 1:21,180 | 929 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 402 | 1:42,045 | 3,054 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 392 | 1:77,046 | 3,843 |
| Egypt | - | 369 | 1:249,054 | 8,446 |
| Greece | 100% | 361 | 1:30,290 | 1,303 |
| Australia | - | 318 | 1:42,948 | 2,172 |
| Portugal | - | 295 | 1:35,291 | 1,384 |
| Brazil | 100% | 277 | 1:773,416 | 22,025 |
| Latvia | 100% | 277 | 1:7,277 | 581 |
| Georgia | 100% | 271 | 1:13,795 | 1,133 |
| Belgium | 100% | 250 | 1:45,960 | 2,353 |
| France | 100% | 245 | 1:271,308 | 3,861 |
| Ecuador | - | 244 | 1:72,651 | 2,117 |
| Ireland | 100% | 235 | 1:19,760 | 991 |
| Israel | 98% | 228 | 1:36,855 | 2,634 |
| Norway | 100% | 212 | 1:24,209 | 1,352 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| New Zealand | - | 183 | 1:24,787 | 1,789 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 171 | 1:94,201 | 2,148 |
| Italy | 97% | 166 | 1:367,844 | 4,325 |
| Algeria | - | 163 | 1:234,213 | 3,411 |
| Chile | 99% | 146 | 1:120,597 | 2,834 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 144 | 1:512,692 | 17,971 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 143 | 1:42,086 | 2,217 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 134 | 1:79,115 | 2,306 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 126 | 1:171,512 | 7,624 |
| Croatia | 100% | 123 | 1:34,285 | 1,430 |
| Colombia | 100% | 112 | 1:426,598 | 7,107 |
| Honduras | 100% | 99 | 1:89,065 | 3,060 |
| Denmark | - | 97 | 1:58,242 | 2,092 |
| China | - | 93 | 1:14,688,772 | 59,995 |
| South Africa | 98% | 90 | 1:605,918 | 27,289 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 79 | 1:3,081 | 429 |
| Scotland | 100% | 78 | 1:68,594 | 1,882 |
| Hungary | 99% | 75 | 1:130,557 | 830 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 70 | 1:29,868 | 2,625 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 68 | 1:447,793 | 20,200 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 43 | 1:20,258 | 1,314 |
| Iraq | - | 43 | 1:814,369 | 7,317 |
| Japan | - | 43 | 1:2,976,420 | 22,844 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Jamaica | - | 32 | 1:90,101 | 4,037 |
| Singapore | - | 30 | 1:209,568 | 8,585 |
| Argentina | 100% | 29 | 1:1,474,939 | 6,414 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 28 | 1:22,663 | 1,590 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 27 | 1:176,591 | 4,323 |
| Iran | - | 27 | 1:2,907,291 | 14,861 |
| Turkey | 100% | 27 | 1:2,881,545 | 17,120 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Indonesia | - | 24 | 1:10,748,486 | 334,727 |
| Panama | 100% | 22 | 1:177,571 | 7,149 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 20 | 1:28,202 | 1,466 |
| Philippines | 77% | 20 | 1:5,300,474 | 90,157 |
| Wales | 93% | 19 | 1:162,858 | 3,204 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 18 | 1:397,333 | 16,617 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| South Korea | - | 16 | 1:346,526 | 10,365 |
| El Salvador | - | 15 | 1:422,786 | 4,141 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Iceland | - | 14 | 1:26,144 | 1,689 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 14 | 1:6,615,937 | 3,775 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 13 | 1:14,950,591 | 86,698 |
| Nepal | 100% | 12 | 1:2,373,946 | 34,978 |
| Uruguay | - | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Kenya | 100% | 9 | 1:5,145,234 | 27,509 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 6 | 1:29,594,060 | 217,150 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 3 | 1:20,433 | 1,694 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 1 | 1:53,551 | 905 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Pável (91), Pàvel (2) & Pavél (1) are calculated separately.
Pavel (67,581) may also be a surname.
Pavel Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Pavel is the Russian, Slovenian and Czech form of the name Paul, which in turn means 'small', 'humble'.
- t0n13It is a form of the name Paul in Slavic languages.
- iuileThis name means 'modest'.
- nektariosp99Pavel Forename Popularity
Pavel Demographics
Pavel Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 43,943 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pável | 93 | 91 | / |
| Pàvel | 93 | 2 | / |
| Pavél | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pavell | 91 | 142 | / |
| Pasvel | 91 | 31 | / |
| Paviel | 91 | 31 | / |
| Paavel | 91 | 25 | / |
| Paveel | 91 | 15 | / |
| Phavel | 91 | 11 | / |
| Pauvel | 91 | 10 | / |
| Peavel | 91 | 9 | / |
| Pavhel | 91 | 8 | / |
| Pavelh | 91 | 6 | / |
| Paivel | 91 | 5 | / |
| Paevel | 91 | 4 | / |
| Pavele | 91 | 4 | / |
| Paveld | 91 | 4 | / |
| Patvel | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ppavel | 91 | 3 | / |
| Payvel | 91 | 3 | / |
| Pavelp | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pahvel | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pavejl | 91 | 1 | / |
| Paveil | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bpavel | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pavelle | 83 | 144 | / |
| Pashvel | 83 | 7 | / |
| Paviell | 83 | 4 | / |
| Passvel | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pavhell | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phavell | 83 | 1 | / |
| Paaveel | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pavelhd | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pasvell | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pathvel | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pawel | 80 | 415,379 | / |
| Pavil | 80 | 523 | / |
| Pevel | 80 | 102 | / |
| Povel | 80 | 69 | / |
| Pavyl | 80 | 13 | / |
| Paveł | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pavlw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Passvell | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pavelova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pavelová | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pabhel | 73 | 78 | / |
| Pawell | 73 | 61 | / |
| Pavyol | 73 | 38 | / |
| Pavail | 73 | 11 | / |
| Pawele | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pauvil | 73 | 5 | / |
| Phavil | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pavile | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pasvil | 73 | 2 | / |
| Patvil | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pavill | 73 | 2 | / |
| Povell | 73 | 2 | / |
| Poveal | 73 | 2 | / |
| Paviol | 73 | 2 | / |
| Phovel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pavèle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pavyle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phawel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phevel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pahwel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pabele | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pawiel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paweul | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paweel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paweal | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peuvel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poviel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pavlova | 67 | 407 | / |
| Pheviel | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pathvil | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paville | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phahuel | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pavaile | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paiwele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ppabhel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pouviel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pauwell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phabele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pvlw | 67 | 1 | / |
Pavel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pavel in the Russian language | ||
| Павел | pavel | - |
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