Raúl Forename

32,864th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 24,150 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Raúl Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Raúl Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola
100%
10,3921:2,595485
Spain-4,3561:10,682791
Mexico-3,5681:34,7941,605
Argentina-1,1371:37,6191,242
Portugal-1,0521:9,896616
Puerto Rico-6101:5,820496
Chile
100%
3421:51,4831,814
Guatemala-3321:48,5191,670
Cape Verde-3221:1,643274
Dominican Republic-3211:32,4962,569
Cuba-2791:41,2421,420
Panama
100%
2121:18,4271,886
Poland-1881:202,2723,614
Uruguay-1721:19,9281,094
Venezuela
100%
1671:180,8506,830
Colombia-1411:338,8586,247
Peru
100%
1401:227,0825,621
Germany
100%
671:1,442,9539,650
Netherlands
100%
501:338,0429,978
Ecuador-411:432,3644,986
Brazil
100%
391:5,493,23583,314
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
261:7,3841,019
Canada-231:1,440,58124,592
France-231:2,890,01514,536
Sweden
100%
191:518,83713,099
Nicaragua-161:376,1467,303
Belgium-131:883,84911,271
Costa Rica-121:397,3296,631
Czechia
100%
101:1,065,6163,543
Switzerland-91:912,61111,192
Mozambique-91:3,027,0402,336
Bolivia
100%
91:1,177,9343,617
Honduras-81:1,102,18311,893
Italy-71:8,723,15629,138
Andorra-51:16,577726
Equatorial Guinea-41:284,422684
Finland
100%
31:1,827,72814,078
Denmark-31:1,883,16617,701
Paraguay-31:2,412,2689,978
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Slovakia-21:2,655,0326,915
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
DR Congo-11:73,827,605146,761
South Africa-11:54,532,649471,300
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Guinea-Bissau-11:1,728,218422
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Philippines-11:106,009,477690,015
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513

The alternate forms: Raül (301), Rául (25) & Ràul (2) are calculated separately.

Raúl (5,839) may also be a surname.

Raúl Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raül92301/
Raúll894/
Rahúl892/
Rauúl891/
Raaúl891/
Rául8325/
Ràul832/
Raol75361/
Raól751/
Raoul6783,059/
Rajol674,059/
Raoel67360/
Roaul6788/
Rayol6774/
Rauol6745/
Raiol6737/
Raool6727/
Raaul6721/
Raaol676/
Ra'ul672/
Rhaol671/
Raoll671/
Raðul671/
Raljw671/

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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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  • 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 Raúl