Anderson Forename
1,497th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 654,351 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Barbados
Anderson Forename Definition:
A Scottish name, Andrew’s son.
Anderson Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 498,571 | 1:430 | 46 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 18,340 | 1:1,647 | 257 |
| Kenya | 100% | 13,354 | 1:3,468 | 579 |
| Malawi | 99% | 11,930 | 1:1,434 | 298 |
| United States | 100% | 10,582 | 1:34,260 | 2,230 |
| Colombia | 100% | 10,370 | 1:4,607 | 547 |
| Haiti | 100% | 8,937 | 1:1,200 | 190 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 8,624 | 1:6,121 | 947 |
| Angola | 100% | 8,503 | 1:3,171 | 558 |
| Zambia | - | 7,640 | 1:2,075 | 383 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 5,690 | 1:31,206 | 2,715 |
| Peru | 100% | 5,469 | 1:5,813 | 830 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 5,323 | 1:2,898 | 519 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,410 | 1:3,059 | 486 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 3,390 | 1:21,778 | 1,770 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 2,614 | 1:8,828 | 972 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,494 | 1:21,866 | 2,953 |
| Ecuador | - | 2,468 | 1:7,183 | 687 |
| Ghana | 90% | 2,247 | 1:12,010 | 1,092 |
| Philippines | 99% | 1,842 | 1:57,551 | 3,998 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,627 | 1:837 | 127 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,299 | 1:198,586 | 19,222 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,193 | 1:25,524 | 2,447 |
| Barbados | - | 1,146 | 1:253 | 37 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,143 | 1:7,132 | 745 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,127 | 1:4,445 | 685 |
| Canada | 74% | 777 | 1:42,643 | 2,978 |
| Spain | 100% | 682 | 1:68,226 | 2,384 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 650 | 1:33,247 | 2,490 |
| Liberia | 99% | 635 | 1:6,948 | 739 |
| England | 90% | 569 | 1:97,720 | 3,751 |
| Portugal | - | 480 | 1:21,689 | 1,011 |
| Chile | 70% | 467 | 1:37,703 | 1,545 |
| India | 100% | 401 | 1:3,029,621 | 137,413 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 399 | 1:40,372 | 1,538 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 384 | 1:9,246 | 651 |
| Uganda | 99% | 365 | 1:112,211 | 4,880 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 329 | 1:14,492 | 1,161 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 312 | 1:19,290 | 1,487 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 274 | 1:12,510 | 854 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 264 | 1:27,412 | 1,472 |
| China | - | 262 | 1:5,213,953 | 55,877 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 251 | 1:2,108 | 358 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Australia | - | 196 | 1:69,682 | 2,941 |
| Mexico | 99% | 185 | 1:671,051 | 6,578 |
| Botswana | 100% | 174 | 1:12,554 | 1,692 |
| Honduras | 100% | 169 | 1:52,174 | 2,325 |
| Russia | 98% | 158 | 1:912,872 | 8,120 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 154 | 1:3,772 | 532 |
| Suriname | - | 148 | 1:3,735 | 834 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 105 | 1:100,966 | 2,586 |
| Grenada | 98% | 105 | 1:1,030 | 202 |
| El Salvador | - | 101 | 1:62,790 | 1,762 |
| Thailand | 100% | 97 | 1:722,328 | 30,168 |
| Panama | 100% | 95 | 1:41,122 | 3,007 |
| New Zealand | - | 89 | 1:50,967 | 2,751 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 82 | 1:1,212 | 251 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 82 | 1:2,168 | 404 |
| France | 100% | 79 | 1:841,397 | 7,146 |
| Scotland | 95% | 74 | 1:72,302 | 1,943 |
| Hong Kong | - | 72 | 1:107,677 | 2,856 |
| Japan | - | 69 | 1:1,854,870 | 19,144 |
| Germany | 95% | 67 | 1:1,442,953 | 9,650 |
| Marshall Islands | 98% | 64 | 1:800 | 81 |
| Albania | 100% | 62 | 1:49,138 | 4,509 |
| Singapore | 100% | 58 | 1:108,397 | 7,524 |
| Italy | 96% | 57 | 1:1,071,265 | 9,129 |
| Argentina | 56% | 55 | 1:777,695 | 4,586 |
| Micronesia | - | 47 | 1:2,266 | 330 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 46 | 1:367,437 | 10,501 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:781 | 145 |
| Benin | 100% | 37 | 1:285,834 | 11,817 |
| Namibia | - | 37 | 1:64,978 | 3,614 |
| Ireland | 75% | 35 | 1:132,672 | 2,941 |
| Guyana | 100% | 27 | 1:28,269 | 3,143 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 27 | 1:7,111 | 998 |
| Sweden | 100% | 27 | 1:365,108 | 10,445 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 26 | 1:315,904 | 6,089 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 26 | 1:914,219 | 36,896 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 25 | 1:735,179 | 22,242 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 23 | 1:2,385 | 518 |
| Jamaica | - | 18 | 1:160,179 | 5,771 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 17 | 1:331,034 | 5,308 |
| South Korea | - | 17 | 1:326,142 | 10,022 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 15 | 1:12,957,179 | 80,243 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 14 | 1:4,378 | 794 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 13 | 1:1,020 | 161 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,365,142 | 12,672 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Belarus | 100% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 12 | 1:3,791,659 | 7,438 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:9,146 | 1,253 |
| Estonia | - | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Greece | 100% | 11 | 1:994,050 | 9,495 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Nauru | 100% | 10 | 1:1,193 | 190 |
| Norway | 100% | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Wales | 100% | 10 | 1:309,431 | 4,737 |
| Belgium | 100% | 9 | 1:1,276,671 | 14,181 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Guinea | - | 5 | 1:2,371,729 | 4,683 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Israel | 100% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
The alternate forms: Ânderson (14), Andersón (4), Ánderson (2) & Andérson (1) are calculated separately.
Anderson (1,386,213) may also be a surname.
Anderson Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Scottish name, Andrew’s son.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Anderson Forename Popularity
Anderson Demographics
Average Anderson Salary in
United States
$41,309 USD
Per year
Rank:
232,626 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00264988
Rank: 2,315 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
94.9%
Sample size: 5,288 (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
Anderson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson in the Russian language | ||
| Андерсон | anderson | - |
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