Rudolf Forename

1,591^st

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 619,449 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

Germany

Highest density in:

Austria

Rudolf Forename Definition:

A male name. the modGer form of Old German Hrodolf (see Rolf). Occasionally borrowed from Germany in recent times.

Rudolf Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Germany	100%	390,630	1:247	59
Austria	100%	65,981	1:129	25
Switzerland	100%	28,189	1:291	61
Slovakia	100%	27,246	1:195	41
Czechia	100%	24,852	1:429	104
South Africa	100%	8,790	1:6,204	1,169
Hungary	100%	7,100	1:1,379	156
United States	100%	5,891	1:61,541	3,221
Croatia	100%	5,227	1:807	183
Russia	99%	5,171	1:27,893	674
Indonesia	100%	4,602	1:56,055	6,967
Ghana	100%	3,484	1:7,746	812
Belgium	100%	3,159	1:3,637	639
Netherlands	100%	3,129	1:5,402	810
Slovenia	100%	3,098	1:794	206
Romania	100%	2,444	1:8,205	698
Ukraine	100%	2,258	1:20,151	345
Cameroon	100%	2,090	1:10,340	1,219
Poland	95%	1,838	1:20,689	734
Namibia	-	1,828	1:1,315	273
Serbia	100%	1,527	1:4,680	577
Canada	100%	1,495	1:22,163	1,942
Brazil	100%	1,453	1:147,444	7,232
Philippines	100%	1,411	1:75,131	4,686
Italy	100%	1,313	1:46,506	1,299
Papua New Guinea	100%	989	1:8,243	845
India	100%	757	1:1,604,859	90,116
Samoa	-	730	1:267	50
Saudi Arabia	-	641	1:48,070	5,572
Armenia	100%	629	1:4,640	579
Dominican Republic	-	593	1:17,591	1,733
Sweden	100%	588	1:16,765	1,235
Bosnia and Herzegovina	100%	576	1:6,119	941
England	100%	545	1:102,024	3,867
Denmark	-	538	1:10,501	874
Norway	100%	537	1:9,557	859
Zimbabwe	99%	482	1:32,000	3,149
France	100%	475	1:139,938	2,671
Kazakhstan	97%	409	1:43,391	1,885
Thailand	100%	367	1:190,915	12,827
Suriname	100%	345	1:1,602	361
Uzbekistan	100%	330	1:93,292	2,750
Estonia	100%	325	1:4,047	662
Curaçao	100%	277	1:562	174
Malawi	100%	254	1:67,371	4,127
Aruba	-	242	1:429	39
Albania	100%	239	1:12,747	1,887
Spain	100%	236	1:197,161	4,030
Chile	88%	204	1:86,310	2,355
Lebanon	100%	203	1:27,722	1,816
Australia	-	197	1:69,328	2,932
New Zealand	-	189	1:24,000	1,756
Nigeria	100%	189	1:939,494	24,001
Paraguay	100%	180	1:40,204	1,719
Finland	100%	165	1:33,231	1,421
Malaysia	98%	148	1:205,743	11,801
Egypt	100%	130	1:706,930	15,746
Liechtenstein	-	121	1:313	78
Tajikistan	100%	114	1:73,464	2,601
Bahrain	-	104	1:12,968	2,016
Guatemala	100%	99	1:162,711	2,771
Portugal	-	92	1:113,162	2,965
Bolivia	100%	91	1:116,499	2,719
Greece	100%	83	1:131,742	3,209
Tanzania	100%	83	1:636,004	16,324
Ireland	100%	82	1:56,628	1,759
Venezuela	100%	79	1:382,302	11,180
Belarus	100%	70	1:135,463	1,308
Mexico	100%	70	1:1,773,492	11,111
Peru	100%	59	1:538,838	9,334
Ecuador	-	58	1:305,637	4,202
Malta	-	57	1:7,533	851
Kyrgyzstan	100%	50	1:119,466	7,352
Botswana	100%	47	1:46,478	4,592
China	-	46	1:29,696,865	61,011
DR Congo	60%	41	1:1,800,673	45,176
Uganda	100%	41	1:998,949	17,408
Zambia	-	41	1:386,702	10,035
Scotland	100%	40	1:133,759	2,800
Kuwait	-	38	1:99,612	6,886
Georgia	100%	37	1:101,040	3,682
Bulgaria	100%	36	1:194,178	4,953
Sudan	100%	36	1:1,050,194	2,907
Argentina	75%	35	1:1,222,093	5,777
Cambodia	86%	34	1:478,627	10,442
United Arab Emirates	-	34	1:210,353	13,097
Moldova	100%	32	1:111,286	1,312
Azerbaijan	100%	31	1:311,063	8,007
Uruguay	100%	30	1:114,255	2,768
Jamaica	-	28	1:102,972	4,346
Greenland	-	27	1:2,088	367
Latvia	-	27	1:74,654	1,665
Turkmenistan	100%	27	1:202,699	1,615
Hong Kong	-	25	1:310,109	3,689
Lithuania	100%	25	1:118,075	1,581
Kenya	100%	23	1:2,013,353	20,371
Liberia	100%	23	1:191,829	6,898
Luxembourg	100%	23	1:24,524	1,332
Cyprus	100%	19	1:45,846	2,096
Iceland	100%	19	1:19,264	1,346
Montenegro	100%	18	1:35,254	1,918
French Polynesia	-	16	1:17,369	1,803
Kosovo	-	16	1:116,340	5,962
Singapore	100%	16	1:392,941	10,341
Costa Rica	100%	15	1:317,863	5,868
Iraq	100%	14	1:2,501,276	13,388
Monaco	100%	11	1:3,497	622
Trinidad and Tobago	100%	11	1:123,765	7,962
Honduras	100%	10	1:881,747	10,598
Qatar	100%	10	1:236,960	22,379
Transnistria	100%	10	1:47,564	753
Israel	100%	9	1:933,658	13,501
Nicaragua	100%	9	1:668,704	10,329
Sri Lanka	-	9	1:2,311,010	7,931
Tunisia	-	9	1:75,211	3,284
Wales	89%	9	1:343,812	5,087
Haiti	-	8	1:1,340,869	18,166
Panama	-	8	1:488,320	13,543
Faroe Islands	100%	7	1:7,018	922
Oman	-	7	1:586,952	5,255
Palestine	100%	7	1:650,008	3,446
Vietnam	-	7	1:13,231,873	4,411
Belize	100%	6	1:59,052	4,175
Burkina Faso	100%	6	1:3,063,245	50,518
Guyana	-	6	1:127,210	8,948
South Korea	-	6	1:924,070	17,138
Taiwan	100%	6	1:3,961,614	68,952
Bahamas	-	5	1:79,874	1,458
Benin	100%	5	1:2,115,169	40,564
Congo	100%	5	1:1,001,841	16,039
Grenada	100%	5	1:21,625	2,009
Ivory Coast	100%	5	1:4,615,187	69,481
Pakistan	100%	5	1:38,871,536	142,270
Turkey	100%	5	1:15,560,342	40,635
Angola	-	4	1:6,741,652	4,704
Colombia	100%	4	1:11,944,732	44,648
Japan	-	4	1:31,996,514	55,536
Andorra	-	2	1:41,444	944
Barbados	-	2	1:144,894	2,643
El Salvador	-	2	1:3,170,893	11,665
Iran	-	2	1:39,248,434	50,459
North Macedonia	100%	2	1:1,045,378	12,250
Mauritius	-	2	1:648,892	8,630
Saint Lucia	-	2	1:88,908	5,280
Northern Ireland	100%	1	1:1,843,146	3,737
Abkhazia	-	1	1:243,422	3,525
Algeria	-	1	1:38,176,720	32,669
Bermuda	-	1	1:64,826	2,481
Bhutan	-	1	1:824,928	6,865
British Virgin Islands	-	1	1:31,250	1,787
Brunei	-	1	1:419,570	3,266
Burundi	-	1	1:9,906,559	2,558
Cayman Islands	-	1	1:61,299	2,487
Cuba	-	1	1:11,506,552	13,531
Ethiopia	-	1	1:97,560,133	29,608
Fiji	-	1	1:892,378	3,968
Gabon	-	1	1:1,883,336	4,538
Guam	-	1	1:160,646	3,210
Jersey	-	1	1:99,980	2,122
Jordan	100%	1	1:8,826,774	11,126
Lesotho	-	1	1:2,039,997	47,971
Libya	-	1	1:6,221,309	3,060
Madagascar	-	1	1:23,629,408	6,628
Micronesia	-	1	1:106,500	1,462
Mozambique	-	1	1:27,243,357	5,091
Nauru	100%	1	1:11,927	903
Puerto Rico	-	1	1:3,550,301	10,040
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100%	1	1:111,580	7,062
Senegal	100%	1	1:14,581,356	34,505
Solomon Islands	-	1	1:580,957	8,641
Swaziland	-	1	1:1,300,177	3,374
Syria	-	1	1:19,306,075	9,560
Turks and Caicos Islands	-	1	1:34,707	1,398
United States Virgin Islands	-	1	1:109,747	4,493

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The alternate forms: Rüdolf (1) are calculated separately.

Rudolf (29,044) may also be a surname.

Rudolf Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

A male name. the modGer form of Old German Hrodolf (see Rolf). Occasionally borrowed from Germany in recent times.

— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

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Rudolf Forename Popularity

Rudolf Demographics

Average Male Rudolf Height

176.08^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 291 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Rüdolf	94	1	/
Rudolfs	92	2,096	/
Rudolfh	92	85	/
Rudolff	92	67	/
Roudolf	92	47	/
Rudolpf	92	38	/
Rhudolf	92	34	/
Ruddolf	92	27	/
Rudolfe	92	11	/
Rudholf	92	9	/
Rudolft	92	9	/
Rudollf	92	8	/
Rrudolf	92	6	/
Rudolfp	92	6	/
Reudolf	92	5	/
Rudoolf	92	4	/
Ruudolf	92	2	/
Ruhdolf	92	1	/
Rudolfë	92	1	/
Rudoelf	92	1	/
Raudolf	92	1	/
Ruedolf	92	1	/
Rudoulf	92	1	/
Rudol'f	92	1	/
Rudohlf	92	1	/
Rudolfph	86	3	/
Rhudolff	86	2	/
Roudolff	86	1	/
Roudholf	86	1	/
Rudolffe	86	1	/
Roudolfh	86	1	/
Rhaudolf	86	1	/
Rhoudolf	86	1	/
Rhudolfh	86	1	/
Rodolf	83	1,738	/
Ridolf	83	306	/
Rudulf	83	85	/
Rudalf	83	46	/
Rudolv	83	13	/
Rudolb	83	2	/
Rudolfova	80	1	/
Rudolfová	80	1	/
Rudolph	77	74,705	/
Roedolf	77	1,038	/
Rodolfh	77	25	/
Rūdolfs	77	19	/
Rhodolf	77	13	/
Roodolf	77	10	/
Rudaulf	77	9	/
Rrodolf	77	5	/
Rodolff	77	4	/
Rodoulf	77	3	/
Riedolf	77	2	/
Rodollf	77	2	/
Rodholf	77	2	/
Rudulfs	77	2	/
Rodolfë	77	1	/
Rediolf	77	1	/
Rodoolf	77	1	/
Rudulff	77	1	/
Rudolfowna	75	1	/
Rwdlf	73	2	/
Rrdlf	73	1	/
Rdwlf	73	1	/
Rdolv	73	1	/
Rudolphe	71	653	/
Roudolph	71	124	/
Rhudolph	71	19	/
Ruddolph	71	14	/
Rudoulph	71	6	/
Raudolph	71	5	/
Rudolphs	71	4	/
Ruedolph	71	4	/
Reudolph	71	4	/
Roedolff	71	3	/
Rudoolph	71	3	/
Rudollph	71	3	/
Rudholph	71	1	/
Rudolphh	71	1	/
Ruduolph	71	1	/
Rhodollf	71	1	/
Rhoedolf	71	1	/
Roedolfh	71	1	/
Rudialaf	71	1	/
Redolofo	71	1	/
Rodulf	67	381	/
Roudolphe	67	359	/
Rodalf	67	10	/
Rhuedolph	67	2	/
Rheudolph	67	2	/
Raudolphe	67	1	/
Rhoudolph	67	1	/
Roudoulph	67	1	/
Rudalv	67	1	/

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Rudolf Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Rudolf in the Russian language
Рудольф	rudolf	-

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Footnotes

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Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rudolf