Russell Forename
1,881st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 533,260 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Russell Forename Definition:
A male name. a surname derived from the nickname russell or rousselle, a diminutive of French roux ‘red’. Its use as a christian name is paralleled by that of other names of famous families, e.g. Cecil, Sidney, Mortimer, Montague, and is comparatively recent.
Read More About This ForenameRussell Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 367,337 | 1:987 | 216 |
| England | 100% | 54,743 | 1:1,016 | 218 |
| Australia | - | 25,474 | 1:536 | 124 |
| Canada | 100% | 19,659 | 1:1,685 | 357 |
| Bangladesh | - | 14,663 | 1:10,875 | 1,389 |
| New Zealand | - | 10,282 | 1:441 | 93 |
| Philippines | 79% | 8,001 | 1:13,250 | 1,635 |
| South Africa | 99% | 6,986 | 1:7,806 | 1,402 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4,241 | 1:1,262 | 232 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,292 | 1:940 | 224 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,361 | 1:8,809 | 1,353 |
| Ghana | - | 1,292 | 1:20,887 | 1,554 |
| Mexico | 99% | 1,058 | 1:117,339 | 2,766 |
| Thailand | 100% | 884 | 1:79,260 | 7,245 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 702 | 1:1,939 | 371 |
| Malawi | 100% | 677 | 1:25,277 | 2,122 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 590 | 1:3,124 | 432 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 463 | 1:33,313 | 3,240 |
| India | 100% | 456 | 1:2,664,206 | 126,322 |
| Ireland | 97% | 450 | 1:10,319 | 723 |
| Peru | 97% | 394 | 1:80,689 | 3,206 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 378 | 1:80,555 | 6,011 |
| Jamaica | - | 365 | 1:7,899 | 995 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 363 | 1:203,382 | 8,920 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 358 | 1:495,990 | 15,631 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 304 | 1:26,817 | 2,665 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 294 | 1:57,490 | 3,732 |
| Poland | - | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 278 | 1:37,523 | 2,804 |
| Brazil | 100% | 261 | 1:820,828 | 22,905 |
| Germany | 100% | 255 | 1:379,129 | 4,478 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 227 | 1:31,507 | 3,063 |
| Japan | - | 215 | 1:595,284 | 11,960 |
| Zambia | - | 204 | 1:77,720 | 4,074 |
| Singapore | 95% | 202 | 1:31,124 | 5,864 |
| Chile | 54% | 178 | 1:98,917 | 2,538 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| France | 100% | 171 | 1:388,715 | 4,709 |
| China | - | 169 | 1:8,083,170 | 59,466 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Bahamas | - | 158 | 1:2,528 | 511 |
| Yemen | - | 145 | 1:181,357 | 1,669 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Egypt | - | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| Malta | - | 125 | 1:3,435 | 545 |
| Guernsey | - | 120 | 1:528 | 132 |
| Liberia | 100% | 112 | 1:39,393 | 2,241 |
| Kenya | 99% | 111 | 1:417,181 | 12,597 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Belize | 100% | 98 | 1:3,615 | 791 |
| Iraq | 100% | 97 | 1:361,009 | 4,694 |
| Hong Kong | - | 95 | 1:81,608 | 2,718 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 92 | 1:328,281 | 10,079 |
| Botswana | 100% | 90 | 1:24,272 | 2,834 |
| Barbados | - | 89 | 1:3,256 | 604 |
| Spain | 100% | 89 | 1:522,809 | 6,497 |
| Jersey | - | 80 | 1:1,250 | 269 |
| Nicaragua | 94% | 80 | 1:75,229 | 2,979 |
| Sweden | 98% | 78 | 1:126,383 | 5,084 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 77 | 1:7,545 | 814 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 77 | 1:106,669 | 3,280 |
| Brunei | - | 76 | 1:5,521 | 567 |
| Ecuador | - | 71 | 1:249,675 | 3,833 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 68 | 1:1,614 | 323 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Russia | 100% | 63 | 1:2,289,424 | 14,741 |
| Taiwan | 52% | 63 | 1:377,297 | 24,619 |
| Norway | 100% | 60 | 1:85,539 | 2,933 |
| Indonesia | - | 59 | 1:4,372,266 | 179,837 |
| Israel | 75% | 59 | 1:142,422 | 5,223 |
| Guam | - | 56 | 1:2,869 | 587 |
| Syria | - | 56 | 1:344,751 | 2,621 |
| Cameroon | - | 50 | 1:432,210 | 14,577 |
| Bermuda | - | 49 | 1:1,323 | 299 |
| Italy | 97% | 47 | 1:1,299,193 | 10,462 |
| Guyana | 100% | 39 | 1:19,571 | 2,427 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| South Korea | - | 36 | 1:154,012 | 6,575 |
| Honduras | 100% | 32 | 1:275,546 | 5,509 |
| Panama | 100% | 31 | 1:126,018 | 5,723 |
| Belgium | 100% | 30 | 1:383,001 | 6,933 |
| Uganda | 100% | 26 | 1:1,575,266 | 22,772 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Argentina | 67% | 24 | 1:1,782,218 | 7,077 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 23 | 1:1,418,414 | 14,886 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 23 | 1:207,302 | 4,707 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,377 | 477 |
| Denmark | - | 21 | 1:269,024 | 5,348 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Oman | - | 19 | 1:216,246 | 3,325 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 19 | 1:186,858 | 2,502 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 17 | 1:2,042 | 490 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:3,831 | 730 |
| Monaco | 100% | 15 | 1:2,564 | 491 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 15 | 1:12,957,179 | 80,243 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:2,232 | 502 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 14 | 1:12,701 | 1,596 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 13 | 1:67,006 | 2,311 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 11 | 1:10,144 | 1,460 |
| Greece | 100% | 10 | 1:1,093,455 | 9,717 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 10 | 1:5,123 | 786 |
| Uruguay | - | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Finland | 93% | 8 | 1:685,398 | 7,121 |
| Grenada | 100% | 8 | 1:13,516 | 1,533 |
| Namibia | - | 8 | 1:300,522 | 5,486 |
| Nauru | 100% | 8 | 1:1,491 | 236 |
| Iran | - | 7 | 1:11,213,838 | 30,178 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7 | 1:7,541,188 | 37,665 |
| Bolivia | - | 6 | 1:1,766,901 | 4,084 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Haiti | - | 6 | 1:1,787,826 | 19,076 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Palestine | 50% | 6 | 1:758,343 | 3,640 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Colombia | 100% | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Lesotho | - | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
Russell (447,328) may also be a surname.
Russell Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a surname derived from the nickname russell or rousselle, a diminutive of French roux ‘red’. Its use as a christian name is paralleled by that of other names of famous families, e.g. Cecil, Sidney, Mortimer, Montague, and is comparatively recent.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Teutonic name, meaning: The fox: sometimes construed as red-haired.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Russell Forename Popularity
Russell Demographics
Average Russell Salary in
United States
$45,657 USD
Per year
Rank:
174,622 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.108121
Rank: 191 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
104.89%
Sample size: 195,216 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Russell Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Russell in the Russian language | ||
| Русселл | russell | - |
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