Ralf Forename
2,675th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 387,646 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany
Ralf Forename Definition:
Usually RALPH. It may be described as, originally, a contraction of Randolf(-ph), q. v. for etymology; but it has, from at least as early as C16 (Udall’s Ralph Roister Doister, the earliest known English comedy—and ‘good knockabout stuff’ it is!—belongs to the 15-50’s), been bestowed, and very generally considered, as an independent name of less aristocratic and less poetic associations than its prototype.
Read More About This ForenameRalf Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 354,418 | 1:273 | 72 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 5,090 | 1:3,321 | 575 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,383 | 1:63,327 | 4,148 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,000 | 1:3,286 | 426 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,900 | 1:2,832 | 490 |
| United States | 100% | 2,781 | 1:130,362 | 5,349 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,081 | 1:4,091 | 413 |
| Philippines | 99% | 1,812 | 1:58,504 | 4,034 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,723 | 1:3,182 | 466 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,225 | 1:31,043 | 972 |
| Denmark | - | 1,042 | 1:5,422 | 619 |
| Canada | 100% | 759 | 1:43,654 | 3,022 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Thailand | 100% | 628 | 1:111,570 | 9,048 |
| Belgium | 100% | 558 | 1:20,591 | 1,561 |
| England | 100% | 480 | 1:115,839 | 4,175 |
| South Africa | 100% | 434 | 1:125,651 | 9,428 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 346 | 1:30,148 | 2,437 |
| Norway | 100% | 313 | 1:16,397 | 1,086 |
| France | 100% | 311 | 1:213,731 | 3,369 |
| Spain | 100% | 308 | 1:151,071 | 3,568 |
| Estonia | 100% | 257 | 1:5,118 | 763 |
| Russia | 97% | 226 | 1:638,202 | 6,397 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| India | 100% | 183 | 1:6,638,677 | 230,332 |
| Australia | - | 169 | 1:80,814 | 3,203 |
| China | - | 136 | 1:10,044,528 | 59,638 |
| Portugal | - | 120 | 1:86,757 | 2,474 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 111 | 1:5,082 | 557 |
| Egypt | - | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| New Zealand | - | 92 | 1:49,305 | 2,693 |
| Albania | 100% | 89 | 1:34,231 | 3,602 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Haiti | 100% | 77 | 1:139,311 | 7,021 |
| Italy | 99% | 77 | 1:793,014 | 7,365 |
| Peru | 100% | 73 | 1:435,499 | 8,202 |
| Mexico | 100% | 58 | 1:2,140,421 | 12,376 |
| Chile | 100% | 57 | 1:308,898 | 4,655 |
| Ukraine | 95% | 48 | 1:947,915 | 3,210 |
| Greece | 100% | 40 | 1:273,364 | 4,844 |
| Indonesia | - | 37 | 1:6,971,991 | 249,135 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 32 | 1:5,548,886 | 78,655 |
| Ecuador | - | 31 | 1:571,836 | 5,755 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 29 | 1:1,049,998 | 36,559 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 29 | 1:1,041,445 | 22,179 |
| Wales | 100% | 29 | 1:106,700 | 2,540 |
| Ireland | 100% | 26 | 1:178,597 | 3,607 |
| Hong Kong | - | 25 | 1:310,109 | 3,689 |
| Scotland | 100% | 24 | 1:222,932 | 3,804 |
| Singapore | - | 24 | 1:261,961 | 9,116 |
| Argentina | 100% | 23 | 1:1,859,706 | 7,227 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 23 | 1:354,448 | 28,044 |
| Czechia | 100% | 22 | 1:484,371 | 2,465 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 22 | 1:328,946 | 4,098 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 21 | 1:163,221 | 3,346 |
| Croatia | 100% | 19 | 1:221,951 | 3,696 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 19 | 1:1,992 | 317 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 18 | 1:264,886 | 5,347 |
| Latvia | - | 17 | 1:118,567 | 2,105 |
| Romania | 100% | 17 | 1:1,179,528 | 22,131 |
| Hungary | 52% | 14 | 1:699,412 | 2,334 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,697,834 | 48,176 |
| Cyprus | - | 13 | 1:67,006 | 2,311 |
| Turkey | 100% | 13 | 1:5,984,747 | 24,872 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Algeria | - | 11 | 1:3,470,611 | 8,195 |
| Japan | - | 11 | 1:11,635,096 | 36,893 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 11 | 1:1,613,350 | 13,838 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Guatemala | - | 9 | 1:1,789,825 | 5,607 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Belarus | 75% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 6 | 1:32,392,947 | 130,865 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Colombia | 100% | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Brunei | 100% | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Uganda | - | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Ràlf (1) are calculated separately.
Ralf (1,179) may also be a surname.
Ralf Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Usually RALPH. It may be described as, originally, a contraction of Randolf(-ph), q. v. for etymology; but it has, from at least as early as C16 (Udall’s Ralph Roister Doister, the earliest known English comedy—and ‘good knockabout stuff’ it is!—belongs to the 15-50’s), been bestowed, and very generally considered, as an independent name of less aristocratic and less poetic associations than its prototype. A notable Ralph was Ralph Sherwin, that excellent classical scholar (Oxon.) who was, in 1581 with Edmund Campion, martyred for refusing to abjure the Roman Catholic faith (Benedictines).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Ralf Forename Popularity
Ralf Demographics
Ralf Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 12 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Ralf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ralf in the Russian language | ||
| Ральф | ralf | - |
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