Uriel Forename
9,313th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 110,418 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Nicaragua
Uriel Forename Definition:
Hebrew (masculine) - Light, or Fire of God.
Uriel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 44,962 | 1:2,761 | 407 |
| Colombia | 100% | 29,059 | 1:1,644 | 247 |
| United States | 100% | 7,076 | 1:51,235 | 2,841 |
| Israel | 98% | 5,119 | 1:1,642 | 361 |
| Brazil | 100% | 4,175 | 1:51,314 | 3,608 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4,056 | 1:1,484 | 290 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2,359 | 1:1,505 | 207 |
| Peru | 100% | 2,242 | 1:14,180 | 1,349 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,360 | 1:2,120 | 480 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,337 | 1:34,802 | 1,657 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,164 | 1:4,096 | 565 |
| Argentina | 100% | 949 | 1:45,072 | 1,355 |
| Congo | 88% | 785 | 1:6,381 | 886 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 639 | 1:47,264 | 2,867 |
| Philippines | 97% | 631 | 1:168,002 | 7,895 |
| Panama | 100% | 504 | 1:7,751 | 1,132 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Ghana | 100% | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 369 | 1:43,654 | 1,585 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 310 | 1:572,788 | 17,262 |
| Poland | 85% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Honduras | 100% | 186 | 1:47,406 | 2,200 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Chile | 99% | 155 | 1:113,595 | 2,734 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 142 | 1:73,460 | 4,284 |
| El Salvador | - | 141 | 1:44,977 | 1,517 |
| Benin | 100% | 126 | 1:83,935 | 5,530 |
| England | 88% | 125 | 1:444,823 | 9,855 |
| Canada | 100% | 115 | 1:288,116 | 9,436 |
| South Africa | 95% | 88 | 1:619,689 | 27,697 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| France | 94% | 78 | 1:852,184 | 7,198 |
| Ecuador | - | 52 | 1:340,902 | 4,453 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 51 | 1:67,209 | 2,110 |
| Cameroon | 83% | 50 | 1:432,210 | 14,577 |
| Thailand | 100% | 39 | 1:1,796,559 | 52,686 |
| Indonesia | - | 36 | 1:7,165,657 | 253,882 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 36 | 1:16,138 | 1,393 |
| DR Congo | 80% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Belize | 100% | 32 | 1:11,072 | 1,594 |
| Guyana | 100% | 32 | 1:23,852 | 2,782 |
| Germany | 99% | 31 | 1:3,118,641 | 15,149 |
| India | 100% | 30 | 1:40,495,932 | 746,646 |
| Australia | - | 28 | 1:487,772 | 7,849 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 28 | 1:48,622 | 4,388 |
| Ivory Coast | 80% | 26 | 1:887,536 | 27,283 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 25 | 1:328,540 | 6,234 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 20 | 1:5,487 | 885 |
| Russia | 100% | 19 | 1:7,591,248 | 31,825 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 15 | 1:1,126,806 | 18,347 |
| South Korea | 62% | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| Italy | 79% | 12 | 1:5,088,508 | 23,387 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 12 | 1:603,067 | 5,347 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 11 | 1:963,764 | 3,282 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| China | - | 7 | 1:195,150,826 | 73,144 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6 | 1:1,915,007 | 18,066 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Haiti | - | 6 | 1:1,787,826 | 19,076 |
| Sweden | 100% | 6 | 1:1,642,984 | 27,315 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Wales | 67% | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| Angola | 100% | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Czechia | - | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Finland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Malaysia | 50% | 2 | 1:15,224,970 | 260,513 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Qatar | - | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Uriël (7) & Uriél (1) are calculated separately.
Uriel (1,837) may also be a surname.
Uriel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Hebrew (masculine) - Light, or Fire of God.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Yew'-re-el, God is my light or fire. 1. A Levite in the time of David. 1 Chron. vi. 24. 2. The grandfather of king Abijah. 2 Chron. xiii. 2.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: my light is God.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Uriel Forename Popularity
Uriel Demographics
Average Male Uriel Height
170.85 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 635 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Uriel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Uriel in the Russian language | ||
| Уриэль | uriel | - |
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