Russel Forename
12,261st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 80,689 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Anguilla
Russel Forename User-submission:
The name Russel is of Old French origin. It means 'little red' or 'red-haired'. It comes from the French word roux, which means 'red'. This name was often given to individuals with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
Russel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 67% | 26,335 | 1:4,025 | 692 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 16,588 | 1:9,613 | 1,237 |
| United States | 100% | 15,504 | 1:23,383 | 1,789 |
| South Africa | 99% | 4,125 | 1:13,220 | 2,081 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,980 | 1:16,734 | 1,616 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,717 | 1:12,114 | 1,758 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 1,705 | 1:4,781 | 513 |
| England | 100% | 1,567 | 1:35,484 | 1,886 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,036 | 1:16,518 | 1,577 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 918 | 1:80,422 | 4,531 |
| Mexico | 99% | 851 | 1:145,881 | 3,074 |
| Nigeria | 86% | 829 | 1:214,191 | 9,062 |
| India | 100% | 670 | 1:1,813,251 | 97,807 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 567 | 1:2,401 | 461 |
| Australia | - | 531 | 1:25,721 | 1,634 |
| Peru | 97% | 412 | 1:77,164 | 3,136 |
| Congo | 100% | 401 | 1:12,492 | 1,486 |
| Zambia | - | 352 | 1:45,042 | 2,945 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 343 | 1:44,967 | 4,022 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 314 | 1:68,823 | 4,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| New Zealand | - | 289 | 1:15,696 | 1,363 |
| Brazil | 100% | 212 | 1:1,010,548 | 26,436 |
| Gabon | 100% | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Kenya | 4% | 156 | 1:296,840 | 10,407 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 156 | 1:195,192 | 11,370 |
| Indonesia | - | 148 | 1:1,742,998 | 92,954 |
| Israel | 50% | 122 | 1:68,876 | 3,617 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 116 | 1:265,400 | 5,580 |
| Scotland | 100% | 115 | 1:46,525 | 1,518 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Namibia | - | 82 | 1:29,319 | 2,317 |
| Russia | 100% | 81 | 1:1,780,663 | 12,500 |
| Belize | 100% | 76 | 1:4,662 | 964 |
| Wales | 100% | 74 | 1:41,815 | 1,591 |
| France | 100% | 70 | 1:949,576 | 7,628 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 64 | 1:371,401 | 24,433 |
| Qatar | 88% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 61 | 1:495,113 | 13,340 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Thailand | 100% | 59 | 1:1,187,556 | 40,507 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 58 | 1:10,016 | 1,008 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Singapore | 67% | 48 | 1:130,980 | 7,803 |
| Chile | 54% | 47 | 1:374,621 | 5,180 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 40 | 1:178,800 | 11,813 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Belgium | 100% | 32 | 1:359,064 | 6,694 |
| Uganda | 83% | 31 | 1:1,321,191 | 20,529 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 27 | 1:222,901 | 5,415 |
| Liberia | 100% | 25 | 1:176,482 | 6,494 |
| China | - | 22 | 1:62,093,445 | 62,885 |
| Guyana | 100% | 22 | 1:34,694 | 3,625 |
| Botswana | 100% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 21 | 1:8,467 | 1,232 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:2,562 | 386 |
| Sweden | 73% | 20 | 1:492,895 | 12,671 |
| Germany | 86% | 19 | 1:5,088,309 | 20,573 |
| Ireland | 94% | 18 | 1:257,973 | 4,315 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Honduras | 100% | 16 | 1:551,092 | 8,007 |
| South Korea | - | 16 | 1:346,526 | 10,365 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 16 | 1:2,169 | 514 |
| Costa Rica | 82% | 15 | 1:317,863 | 5,868 |
| Haiti | - | 15 | 1:715,130 | 13,163 |
| Norway | 100% | 15 | 1:342,155 | 7,099 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| New Caledonia | - | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Oman | - | 13 | 1:316,051 | 4,191 |
| Ecuador | - | 12 | 1:1,477,243 | 9,675 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 12 | 1:684,458 | 9,518 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 10 | 1:1,690,208 | 23,366 |
| Belarus | 100% | 9 | 1:1,053,598 | 5,565 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,971,872 | 15,474 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Spain | - | 9 | 1:5,169,996 | 15,759 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Austria | 100% | 8 | 1:1,064,275 | 7,469 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Panama | - | 6 | 1:651,093 | 16,250 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 75% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| Finland | 50% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Angola | 100% | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Colombia | - | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Croatia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Italy | 96% | 4 | 1:15,265,522 | 38,916 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Paraguay | 67% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
The alternate forms: Rüssel (1) are calculated separately.
Russel (22,137) may also be a surname.
Russel Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Russel is of Old French origin. It means 'little red' or 'red-haired'. It comes from the French word roux, which means 'red'. This name was often given to individuals with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
- Russel RamosRussel Forename Popularity
Russel Demographics
Average Male Russel Height
175.95 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 414 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Russel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Russel in the Russian language | ||
| Руссель | russel | - |
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