Raoul Forename
11,993rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 83,059 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Suriname
Raoul Forename Definition:
A male name. French form of Radulf (see Ralph); not uncommon in England in the Middle Ages, especially in the diminutive forms Raoulin, Raoulet, whence the surnames Rawle, Rawlin, Rawlings, Rawlinson, Rowlett, &c. This form of the name died out with the use of French, but Raoul made its appearance again after the War of 1914—18, when it seems to have taken the fancy of British soldiers in France.
Read More About This ForenameRaoul Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 8,742 | 1:7,604 | 548 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7,993 | 1:2,704 | 498 |
| Burundi | 100% | 5,793 | 1:1,710 | 517 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 5,163 | 1:14,299 | 1,304 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4,874 | 1:2,357 | 492 |
| United States | 100% | 4,269 | 1:84,923 | 3,983 |
| Togo | - | 4,203 | 1:1,722 | 271 |
| Benin | 100% | 3,930 | 1:2,691 | 564 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,814 | 1:25,579 | 3,207 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3,763 | 1:4,492 | 714 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 3,384 | 1:3,360 | 662 |
| Madagascar | - | 3,325 | 1:7,107 | 1,310 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,994 | 1:11,067 | 1,253 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,660 | 1:36,784 | 1,179 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,457 | 1:7,362 | 905 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 1,413 | 1:16,331 | 1,593 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,162 | 1:7,068 | 848 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,069 | 1:517 | 60 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,050 | 1:12,951 | 2,067 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,050 | 1:19,097 | 1,387 |
| Germany | 100% | 911 | 1:106,123 | 2,195 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 771 | 1:23,838 | 2,058 |
| Philippines | 99% | 750 | 1:141,346 | 7,045 |
| Mali | - | 718 | 1:23,646 | 1,603 |
| Gabon | 100% | 682 | 1:2,761 | 646 |
| Israel | 99% | 647 | 1:12,988 | 1,475 |
| South Africa | 100% | 574 | 1:95,005 | 7,865 |
| England | 100% | 502 | 1:110,763 | 4,065 |
| Congo | 100% | 485 | 1:10,328 | 1,323 |
| Senegal | 100% | 470 | 1:31,024 | 1,556 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Sweden | 100% | 418 | 1:23,584 | 1,562 |
| Ghana | 100% | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 334 | 1:16,849 | 1,404 |
| Poland | 100% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 276 | 1:2,044 | 324 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 262 | 1:27,298 | 2,669 |
| Egypt | 100% | 260 | 1:353,465 | 10,818 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| Australia | - | 205 | 1:66,623 | 2,848 |
| Austria | 100% | 179 | 1:47,565 | 1,470 |
| Brazil | 100% | 124 | 1:1,727,711 | 38,197 |
| Mauritius | - | 120 | 1:10,815 | 1,354 |
| Finland | 96% | 111 | 1:49,398 | 1,704 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 99 | 1:105,366 | 5,394 |
| India | 100% | 96 | 1:12,654,979 | 350,673 |
| Estonia | 100% | 88 | 1:14,948 | 1,431 |
| French Polynesia | - | 86 | 1:3,231 | 629 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 74 | 1:3,651 | 572 |
| Thailand | 100% | 71 | 1:986,842 | 36,201 |
| Spain | 100% | 66 | 1:704,999 | 7,444 |
| Indonesia | - | 61 | 1:4,228,913 | 175,755 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 55 | 1:24,753 | 2,750 |
| Namibia | - | 53 | 1:45,362 | 2,915 |
| Guyana | 100% | 49 | 1:15,577 | 2,074 |
| Mexico | 100% | 49 | 1:2,533,560 | 13,588 |
| Guinea | 100% | 47 | 1:252,312 | 2,662 |
| Croatia | 100% | 46 | 1:91,676 | 2,353 |
| New Zealand | - | 43 | 1:105,489 | 4,359 |
| Greece | 100% | 38 | 1:287,751 | 4,961 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Ireland | 100% | 37 | 1:125,501 | 2,828 |
| Yemen | - | 29 | 1:906,785 | 3,018 |
| Jamaica | - | 26 | 1:110,893 | 4,542 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 25 | 1:1,208,076 | 24,638 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Jersey | - | 21 | 1:4,761 | 588 |
| Norway | 100% | 18 | 1:285,129 | 6,331 |
| Denmark | - | 17 | 1:332,323 | 6,094 |
| China | - | 16 | 1:85,378,486 | 64,025 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 15 | 1:2,029,996 | 58,888 |
| Niger | 63% | 15 | 1:1,278,933 | 18,398 |
| Russia | 57% | 13 | 1:11,094,900 | 40,853 |
| Chile | 100% | 12 | 1:1,467,267 | 11,454 |
| Scotland | 100% | 12 | 1:445,864 | 5,809 |
| Hong Kong | - | 11 | 1:704,793 | 4,980 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 11 | 1:16,142,215 | 154,549 |
| Wales | 100% | 11 | 1:281,301 | 4,460 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Monaco | 100% | 9 | 1:4,274 | 738 |
| Singapore | 100% | 9 | 1:698,562 | 12,752 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Grenada | 100% | 8 | 1:13,516 | 1,533 |
| Czechia | 75% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Ecuador | - | 6 | 1:2,954,486 | 13,743 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 3 | 1:2,105 | 306 |
| Uganda | - | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Tanzania | - | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Raoûl (5) & Ráoul (1) are calculated separately.
Raoul (15,445) may also be a surname.
Raoul Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. French form of Radulf (see Ralph); not uncommon in England in the Middle Ages, especially in the diminutive forms Raoulin, Raoulet, whence the surnames Rawle, Rawlin, Rawlings, Rawlinson, Rowlett, &c. This form of the name died out with the use of French, but Raoul made its appearance again after the War of 1914—18, when it seems to have taken the fancy of British soldiers in France.
Rawlin Exchequer Rolls 1306. Raulyn Writs of Parliament 1306.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Teutonic (masculine) - Counsel and help.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Helpful commander.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Raoul Forename Popularity
Raoul Demographics
Average Raoul Salary in
United States
$47,460 USD
Per year
Rank:
154,735 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00121823
Rank: 3,816 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
109.03%
Sample size: 2,116 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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