Ana Forename
16th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 12,091,132 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal
Ana Forename User-submission:
Ana (Cyrillic: Ана) is a feminine given name and variant to the more widespread Anna. The name is most common in South America, the Balkans and the Iberian Peninsula.
Ana Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 3,193,410 | 1:67 | 5 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,271,261 | 1:98 | 7 |
| Colombia | 100% | 980,865 | 1:49 | 5 |
| Spain | 100% | 754,529 | 1:62 | 6 |
| Egypt | 54% | 700,618 | 1:131 | 6 |
| Argentina | 100% | 459,746 | 1:93 | 8 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 447,001 | 1:68 | 6 |
| Portugal | - | 398,414 | 1:26 | 1 |
| Angola | 100% | 353,463 | 1:76 | 6 |
| United States | 100% | 291,294 | 1:1,245 | 273 |
| Mozambique | - | 242,875 | 1:112 | 13 |
| El Salvador | - | 224,666 | 1:28 | 3 |
| Chile | 100% | 211,988 | 1:83 | 7 |
| Peru | 100% | 210,637 | 1:151 | 16 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 206,596 | 1:78 | 8 |
| Ecuador | - | 189,036 | 1:94 | 11 |
| Romania | 100% | 188,791 | 1:106 | 18 |
| India | 86% | 177,248 | 1:6,854 | 846 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 174,555 | 1:60 | 4 |
| Philippines | 99% | 172,406 | 1:615 | 95 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 145,973 | 1:1,767 | 152 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 109,544 | 1:44 | 4 |
| Honduras | 100% | 92,722 | 1:95 | 8 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 75,621 | 1:140 | 10 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 70,221 | 1:86 | 7 |
| Croatia | 100% | 65,685 | 1:64 | 4 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 62,272 | 1:55 | 6 |
| Moldova | 100% | 48,684 | 1:73 | 16 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 41,916 | 1:173 | 17 |
| Serbia | 100% | 40,176 | 1:178 | 38 |
| Panama | 100% | 31,967 | 1:122 | 7 |
| Georgia | 98% | 31,645 | 1:118 | 7 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 31,522 | 1:78 | 2 |
| Cuba | - | 31,132 | 1:370 | 91 |
| East Timor | - | 28,125 | 1:43 | 8 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 21,850 | 1:79 | 35 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 18,702 | 1:188 | 11 |
| France | 100% | 18,692 | 1:3,556 | 373 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 16,450 | 1:216 | 41 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 13,394 | 1:5,512 | 678 |
| Canada | 100% | 12,506 | 1:2,649 | 505 |
| England | 100% | 11,302 | 1:4,920 | 537 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 11,271 | 1:620 | 132 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 10,656 | 1:18,239 | 1,542 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 96% | 10,524 | 1:108 | 19 |
| Lithuania | 95% | 9,635 | 1:306 | 82 |
| Thailand | 99% | 8,997 | 1:7,788 | 1,300 |
| Cape Verde | - | 8,903 | 1:59 | 6 |
| Germany | 100% | 8,374 | 1:11,545 | 748 |
| Ethiopia | 95% | 7,745 | 1:12,597 | 1,802 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7,515 | 1:7,024 | 1,038 |
| Nepal | 61% | 6,993 | 1:4,074 | 582 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6,912 | 1:1,188 | 256 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 6,334 | 1:28,034 | 2,528 |
| Poland | 100% | 6,314 | 1:6,023 | 336 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,733 | 1:3,571 | 597 |
| Fiji | - | 4,374 | 1:204 | 6 |
| Iran | 100% | 4,154 | 1:18,897 | 1,110 |
| Albania | 100% | 4,090 | 1:745 | 102 |
| Italy | 100% | 3,938 | 1:15,506 | 776 |
| Tonga | - | 3,736 | 1:29 | 3 |
| Russia | 98% | 3,265 | 1:44,176 | 1,013 |
| Morocco | 100% | 3,221 | 1:10,664 | 836 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,049 | 1:3,233 | 420 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3,029 | 1:186 | 36 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,028 | 1:18,009 | 2,599 |
| Libya | - | 2,938 | 1:2,118 | 395 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 2,822 | 1:10,790 | 1,213 |
| Sudan | - | 2,776 | 1:13,619 | 1,511 |
| Australia | - | 2,741 | 1:4,983 | 655 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,647 | 1:3,217 | 361 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2,527 | 1:251 | 48 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 2,400 | 1:3,397 | 374 |
| Bangladesh | 75% | 2,383 | 1:66,916 | 5,219 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,215 | 1:13,911 | 1,954 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,121 | 1:5,417 | 782 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 2,038 | 1:2,761 | 498 |
| Mali | 88% | 1,933 | 1:8,783 | 757 |
| Syria | - | 1,874 | 1:10,302 | 844 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1,847 | 1:1,132 | 235 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1,730 | 1:111 | 5 |
| Abkhazia | 99% | 1,714 | 1:142 | 13 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,653 | 1:2,744 | 485 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1,609 | 1:25,455 | 1,910 |
| Taiwan | 92% | 1,373 | 1:17,312 | 3,258 |
| Zambia | - | 1,313 | 1:12,075 | 1,249 |
| Belize | 100% | 1,245 | 1:285 | 13 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 1,188 | 1:131 | 8 |
| Ghana | - | 1,068 | 1:25,268 | 1,746 |
| Japan | 100% | 1,056 | 1:121,199 | 5,049 |
| Cameroon | 95% | 1,013 | 1:21,333 | 1,864 |
| Samoa | - | 1,004 | 1:194 | 28 |
| Comoros | - | 941 | 1:809 | 147 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 858 | 1:24,241 | 3,095 |
| Iraq | 100% | 845 | 1:41,441 | 1,587 |
| Andorra | - | 773 | 1:107 | 18 |
| Norway | 100% | 715 | 1:7,178 | 740 |
| Afghanistan | 78% | 704 | 1:46,340 | 2,350 |
| Denmark | - | 696 | 1:8,117 | 750 |
| Ireland | 100% | 684 | 1:6,789 | 585 |
| Suriname | 100% | 658 | 1:840 | 143 |
| Guam | - | 534 | 1:301 | 33 |
| Senegal | 97% | 514 | 1:28,368 | 1,479 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 509 | 1:89,391 | 799 |
| Burkina Faso | 88% | 490 | 1:37,509 | 2,820 |
| Malawi | 100% | 487 | 1:35,138 | 2,639 |
| Oman | - | 462 | 1:8,893 | 1,108 |
| Kosovo | - | 432 | 1:4,309 | 816 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| South Ossetia | 98% | 396 | 1:135 | 17 |
| Congo | 100% | 392 | 1:12,779 | 1,523 |
| Gabon | 100% | 361 | 1:5,217 | 1,029 |
| Benin | 100% | 360 | 1:29,377 | 2,768 |
| Scotland | 100% | 346 | 1:15,463 | 860 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 342 | 1:160 | 13 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 340 | 1:67,870 | 4,620 |
| Turkey | 100% | 322 | 1:241,620 | 4,885 |
| Israel | 100% | 306 | 1:27,461 | 2,254 |
| China | - | 304 | 1:4,493,605 | 53,322 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 303 | 1:31,825 | 2,412 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 275 | 1:49 | 14 |
| Aruba | - | 267 | 1:389 | 33 |
| Haiti | 100% | 267 | 1:40,176 | 2,802 |
| Jordan | 100% | 267 | 1:33,059 | 1,322 |
| Iceland | 100% | 245 | 1:1,494 | 287 |
| Singapore | 100% | 241 | 1:26,087 | 4,288 |
| Wales | 95% | 231 | 1:13,395 | 929 |
| Qatar | 100% | 222 | 1:10,674 | 1,723 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 219 | 1:70,428 | 5,600 |
| Niger | 75% | 216 | 1:88,815 | 3,486 |
| Belarus | 96% | 197 | 1:48,134 | 622 |
| Czechia | 97% | 195 | 1:54,647 | 874 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 180 | 1:2,642 | 173 |
| Hungary | 100% | 170 | 1:57,599 | 581 |
| Malta | - | 170 | 1:2,526 | 443 |
| Brunei | 100% | 165 | 1:2,543 | 266 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 134 | 1:819 | 147 |
| Finland | 100% | 132 | 1:41,539 | 1,575 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Estonia | 100% | 126 | 1:10,440 | 1,153 |
| Algeria | - | 124 | 1:307,877 | 3,792 |
| American Samoa | - | 115 | 1:486 | 31 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 110 | 1:65,018 | 5,630 |
| Kazakhstan | 86% | 109 | 1:162,815 | 4,034 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 104 | 1:51,058 | 766 |
| Namibia | - | 101 | 1:23,804 | 2,029 |
| Hong Kong | - | 95 | 1:81,608 | 2,718 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 87 | 1:15,648 | 2,025 |
| Armenia | 93% | 86 | 1:33,939 | 1,526 |
| Cambodia | 83% | 86 | 1:189,225 | 6,237 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 82 | 1:3,295 | 532 |
| Palestine | 100% | 81 | 1:56,174 | 1,546 |
| Greece | 100% | 78 | 1:140,187 | 3,329 |
| Macau | - | 75 | 1:8,109 | 267 |
| Kenya | 79% | 72 | 1:643,154 | 15,988 |
| Jersey | - | 67 | 1:1,492 | 306 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 66 | 1:13,198 | 1,045 |
| Micronesia | - | 65 | 1:1,638 | 263 |
| Latvia | 100% | 61 | 1:33,043 | 1,138 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 58 | 1:1,714 | 364 |
| Liberia | 76% | 56 | 1:78,787 | 3,640 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 55 | 1:53,360 | 4,341 |
| Gibraltar | - | 54 | 1:632 | 136 |
| French Polynesia | - | 49 | 1:5,671 | 903 |
| Madagascar | - | 49 | 1:482,233 | 1,749 |
| Mauritania | 76% | 49 | 1:83,576 | 3,544 |
| South Korea | - | 46 | 1:120,531 | 5,736 |
| Yemen | - | 43 | 1:611,552 | 2,581 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 41 | 1:1,495 | 349 |
| Botswana | 100% | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Bermuda | - | 36 | 1:1,801 | 401 |
| Burundi | 50% | 36 | 1:275,182 | 656 |
| Vietnam | - | 32 | 1:2,894,472 | 3,319 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 30 | 1:61,438 | 1,282 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 30 | 1:1,262 | 255 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:626 | 94 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 27 | 1:30,553 | 1,172 |
| Jamaica | - | 27 | 1:106,786 | 4,444 |
| Guyana | 100% | 25 | 1:30,530 | 3,308 |
| Monaco | 100% | 24 | 1:1,603 | 333 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 23 | 1:29,431 | 1,879 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 19 | 1:698 | 89 |
| Lesotho | 93% | 19 | 1:107,368 | 9,037 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:1,838 | 426 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 82% | 13 | 1:459,483 | 14,895 |
| Mauritius | - | 12 | 1:108,149 | 3,359 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 11 | 1:4,987 | 869 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 10 | 1:58,096 | 3,433 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Guinea | 100% | 6 | 1:1,976,441 | 4,482 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| San Marino | 100% | 3 | 1:10,973 | 542 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Aña (14), Àna (6), Ána (4), Anä (3), Aná (1), Âna (1) & Ànà (1) are calculated separately.
Ana (279,076) may also be a surname.
Ana Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Ana (Cyrillic: Ана) is a feminine given name and variant to the more widespread Anna. The name is most common in South America, the Balkans and the Iberian Peninsula.
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Ana Demographics
Ana Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 80 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Ana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ana in the Russian language | ||
| Ана | ana | - |
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