Real Forename
15,474th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 61,896 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada
Real Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 50% | 25,453 | 1:1,302 | 297 |
| Myanmar | - | 20,476 | 1:2,537 | 161 |
| Bangladesh | - | 3,574 | 1:44,617 | 3,971 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 2,746 | 1:4,206 | 526 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,849 | 1:52,764 | 4,907 |
| United States | 94% | 1,802 | 1:201,186 | 7,152 |
| Egypt | 85% | 1,063 | 1:86,454 | 4,119 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Philippines | 80% | 629 | 1:168,537 | 7,915 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Russia | 94% | 280 | 1:515,120 | 5,576 |
| India | 53% | 247 | 1:4,918,534 | 189,134 |
| Poland | 93% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Morocco | - | 218 | 1:157,563 | 4,496 |
| Australia | - | 125 | 1:109,261 | 3,764 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 125 | 1:2,063,709 | 105,138 |
| South Africa | 84% | 119 | 1:458,258 | 22,584 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 95 | 1:88,157 | 2,897 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 89 | 1:108,348 | 4,647 |
| Kenya | 75% | 89 | 1:520,305 | 14,281 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Nigeria | 71% | 80 | 1:2,219,554 | 43,054 |
| DR Congo | 90% | 75 | 1:984,368 | 29,064 |
| Japan | - | 73 | 1:1,753,234 | 18,749 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 66 | 1:108,364 | 8,618 |
| Uganda | 96% | 58 | 1:706,154 | 14,158 |
| China | - | 54 | 1:25,297,329 | 60,706 |
| Brazil | - | 52 | 1:4,119,926 | 68,739 |
| England | - | 45 | 1:1,235,620 | 18,913 |
| Belgium | 100% | 38 | 1:302,370 | 6,091 |
| Kazakhstan | 92% | 38 | 1:467,022 | 7,101 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 30 | 1:1,006,730 | 21,651 |
| Iraq | 100% | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Zambia | - | 26 | 1:609,800 | 12,796 |
| Albania | 100% | 23 | 1:132,460 | 8,210 |
| France | 100% | 20 | 1:3,323,517 | 16,030 |
| Italy | 78% | 20 | 1:3,053,104 | 18,341 |
| Mexico | 63% | 18 | 1:6,896,913 | 24,317 |
| Liberia | 57% | 17 | 1:259,533 | 8,550 |
| Thailand | 93% | 16 | 1:4,379,113 | 86,691 |
| Cameroon | - | 14 | 1:1,543,607 | 35,722 |
| Lebanon | 50% | 14 | 1:401,969 | 5,774 |
| Spain | - | 14 | 1:3,323,569 | 14,016 |
| Zimbabwe | 71% | 14 | 1:1,101,701 | 37,489 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 13 | 1:2,509,501 | 20,196 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 13 | 1:2,342,303 | 65,302 |
| Belarus | 60% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Cyprus | - | 12 | 1:72,590 | 2,375 |
| Kosovo | - | 10 | 1:186,144 | 7,603 |
| Turkey | 67% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Netherlands | 74% | 9 | 1:1,878,009 | 24,529 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 9 | 1:21,595,298 | 106,286 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Ecuador | - | 8 | 1:2,215,865 | 11,918 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Guatemala | - | 7 | 1:2,301,204 | 6,153 |
| Haiti | - | 7 | 1:1,532,422 | 18,706 |
| Romania | - | 7 | 1:2,864,568 | 25,615 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 6 | 1:3,063,245 | 50,518 |
| Georgia | 88% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Germany | 81% | 6 | 1:16,112,979 | 44,905 |
| Greece | - | 6 | 1:1,822,425 | 10,706 |
| Iran | - | 6 | 1:13,082,811 | 33,089 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 6 | 1:1,358,719 | 89,225 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Costa Rica | - | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Palestine | 80% | 5 | 1:910,012 | 3,841 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Congo | - | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Peru | 50% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Scotland | - | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Switzerland | 76% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Armenia | 50% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Chile | - | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Jordan | 67% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Réal (674) & Rèal (2) are calculated separately.
Real (94,012) may also be a surname.
Real Forename Popularity
Real Demographics
Average Male Real Height
175.05 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 239 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Real Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Real in the Russian language | ||
| Реал | real | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Real