Rahman Forename
2,828th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 368,277 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Somaliland
Rahman Forename User-submission:
Rahman (Arabic: رحمن, Ráh-mán or Raḥmān) is an Arabic male name, meaning 'gracious'. With nisba (Arabic onomastic), the name becomes Rahmani, meaning 'descendant of the gracious one' and is used as a surname. In Islam, Ar-Rahman (The Most Gracious) is one of the names of Allah.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 99% | 110,404 | 1:2,337 | 234 |
| Iran | 100% | 78,390 | 1:1,001 | 173 |
| Somaliland | - | 30,189 | 1:116 | 18 |
| India | 100% | 25,110 | 1:48,382 | 6,538 |
| Afghanistan | 82% | 21,625 | 1:1,509 | 277 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 20,632 | 1:1,493 | 258 |
| Pakistan | 88% | 17,620 | 1:11,031 | 1,154 |
| Bangladesh | 92% | 10,173 | 1:15,675 | 1,886 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 8,708 | 1:3,497 | 375 |
| Iraq | 100% | 8,570 | 1:4,086 | 560 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 7,984 | 1:1,208 | 289 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 5,859 | 1:30,306 | 2,664 |
| Egypt | 71% | 5,552 | 1:16,553 | 1,344 |
| Turkey | 98% | 3,771 | 1:20,632 | 1,534 |
| Ghana | 67% | 2,753 | 1:9,802 | 965 |
| United States | 100% | 1,623 | 1:223,375 | 7,674 |
| Philippines | 93% | 731 | 1:145,020 | 7,152 |
| England | 100% | 677 | 1:82,131 | 3,302 |
| Qatar | 100% | 654 | 1:3,623 | 549 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 641 | 1:5,498 | 889 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 567 | 1:93,101 | 5,355 |
| Uganda | 92% | 535 | 1:76,555 | 3,888 |
| Turkmenistan | 98% | 468 | 1:11,694 | 500 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Kosovo | - | 302 | 1:6,164 | 1,038 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 243 | 1:88,932 | 4,847 |
| Albania | 100% | 233 | 1:13,075 | 1,919 |
| Maldives | 97% | 232 | 1:1,870 | 111 |
| Kazakhstan | 97% | 228 | 1:77,837 | 2,637 |
| Kuwait | - | 228 | 1:16,602 | 1,838 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 219 | 1:9,547 | 1,322 |
| Somalia | - | 199 | 1:67,969 | 3,157 |
| Russia | 100% | 191 | 1:755,150 | 7,173 |
| Serbia | 100% | 174 | 1:41,067 | 1,866 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Germany | 100% | 163 | 1:593,116 | 5,820 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 158 | 1:4,016 | 645 |
| Israel | 99% | 149 | 1:56,395 | 3,283 |
| Sweden | 98% | 141 | 1:69,914 | 3,329 |
| Canada | 100% | 137 | 1:241,849 | 8,513 |
| Greece | 100% | 93 | 1:117,576 | 2,981 |
| South Africa | 100% | 81 | 1:673,243 | 29,272 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 77 | 1:92,883 | 7,730 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Mauritius | - | 66 | 1:19,663 | 1,920 |
| Austria | 100% | 65 | 1:130,988 | 2,404 |
| Singapore | 80% | 58 | 1:108,397 | 7,524 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 58 | 1:141,612 | 3,820 |
| Netherlands | 92% | 48 | 1:352,127 | 10,231 |
| Thailand | 100% | 47 | 1:1,490,762 | 46,917 |
| Brunei | 100% | 44 | 1:9,536 | 722 |
| Australia | - | 43 | 1:317,619 | 6,238 |
| Norway | 100% | 41 | 1:125,179 | 3,746 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 39 | 1:63,045 | 2,315 |
| New Zealand | - | 38 | 1:119,370 | 4,813 |
| Italy | 100% | 34 | 1:1,795,944 | 12,956 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Brazil | 100% | 28 | 1:7,651,291 | 103,685 |
| Argentina | 58% | 26 | 1:1,645,125 | 6,777 |
| Spain | 100% | 26 | 1:1,789,614 | 11,088 |
| Belgium | 100% | 25 | 1:459,602 | 7,725 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Georgia | 100% | 22 | 1:169,930 | 4,947 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Jordan | 88% | 21 | 1:420,323 | 3,578 |
| France | 100% | 20 | 1:3,323,517 | 16,030 |
| Niger | 86% | 20 | 1:959,200 | 15,302 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 18 | 1:388,355 | 6,963 |
| Guyana | 100% | 16 | 1:47,704 | 4,533 |
| Wales | 100% | 16 | 1:193,394 | 3,524 |
| Denmark | - | 15 | 1:376,633 | 6,579 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 15 | 1:1,028,254 | 36,015 |
| Croatia | 100% | 13 | 1:324,390 | 4,474 |
| Finland | 86% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| Benin | 100% | 12 | 1:881,320 | 23,430 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 11 | 1:543,025 | 16,192 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 11 | 1:28,921 | 1,845 |
| Kenya | - | 10 | 1:4,630,711 | 25,538 |
| Scotland | 100% | 9 | 1:594,485 | 7,010 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Syria | - | 7 | 1:2,758,011 | 4,869 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| Ecuador | - | 5 | 1:3,545,384 | 15,000 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 5 | 1:272,284 | 13,349 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Poland | - | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Chile | 50% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
The alternate forms: Rahmân (1) are calculated separately.
Rahman (7,835,269) may also be a surname.
Rahman Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Rahman (Arabic: رحمن, Ráh-mán or Raḥmān) is an Arabic male name, meaning 'gracious'. With nisba (Arabic onomastic), the name becomes Rahmani, meaning 'descendant of the gracious one' and is used as a surname. In Islam, Ar-Rahman (The Most Gracious) is one of the names of Allah.
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Rahman Demographics
Average Male Rahman Height
173.05 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 91 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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