Clarissa Forename
12,637th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 77,976 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam
Clarissa Forename Definition:
Richardson the novelist’s adaptation of Clarice, q. v., in 1747-48.
Clarissa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 23,840 | 1:15,207 | 1,391 |
| Philippines | 99% | 20,288 | 1:5,225 | 875 |
| Brazil | 100% | 14,408 | 1:14,869 | 1,496 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,261 | 1:42,759 | 1,339 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,827 | 1:141,195 | 14,794 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,628 | 1:76,256 | 2,265 |
| England | 100% | 1,609 | 1:34,557 | 1,856 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,335 | 1:40,848 | 4,480 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,044 | 1:9,992 | 1,179 |
| Italy | 100% | 835 | 1:73,128 | 1,613 |
| Canada | 100% | 712 | 1:46,536 | 3,140 |
| Australia | - | 635 | 1:21,508 | 1,465 |
| Ghana | 100% | 618 | 1:43,667 | 2,441 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 609 | 1:27,754 | 2,358 |
| Jamaica | - | 528 | 1:5,461 | 834 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Panama | 100% | 518 | 1:7,542 | 1,118 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 299 | 1:101,839 | 7,126 |
| Thailand | 100% | 258 | 1:271,573 | 15,954 |
| Austria | 100% | 208 | 1:40,934 | 1,346 |
| Honduras | 100% | 208 | 1:42,392 | 2,086 |
| India | 100% | 204 | 1:5,955,284 | 214,415 |
| Israel | 100% | 172 | 1:48,854 | 3,055 |
| Peru | 100% | 165 | 1:192,675 | 5,141 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 150 | 1:54,757 | 2,307 |
| Singapore | 100% | 149 | 1:42,195 | 6,603 |
| Malawi | 100% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Guam | - | 147 | 1:1,093 | 241 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 138 | 1:116,728 | 2,366 |
| Portugal | - | 129 | 1:80,704 | 2,343 |
| El Salvador | - | 106 | 1:59,828 | 1,719 |
| Malta | - | 102 | 1:4,209 | 603 |
| Spain | 100% | 98 | 1:474,796 | 6,178 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 94 | 1:14,483 | 1,925 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 88 | 1:343,203 | 10,374 |
| France | 100% | 87 | 1:764,027 | 6,772 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 87 | 1:40,808 | 1,268 |
| Colombia | 100% | 86 | 1:555,569 | 8,220 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 77 | 1:200,309 | 12,048 |
| Albania | 99% | 65 | 1:46,870 | 4,392 |
| Belgium | 100% | 64 | 1:179,532 | 4,666 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 58 | 1:409,822 | 25,694 |
| Finland | 100% | 57 | 1:96,196 | 2,347 |
| Guyana | 100% | 57 | 1:13,391 | 1,879 |
| Paraguay | 97% | 52 | 1:139,169 | 2,826 |
| Suriname | 100% | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Sweden | 100% | 49 | 1:201,182 | 6,996 |
| Belize | 100% | 48 | 1:7,381 | 1,265 |
| Liberia | 95% | 48 | 1:91,918 | 4,069 |
| New Zealand | - | 48 | 1:94,501 | 4,171 |
| Scotland | 100% | 40 | 1:133,759 | 2,800 |
| Wales | 93% | 40 | 1:77,358 | 2,170 |
| China | - | 39 | 1:35,027,071 | 61,373 |
| Denmark | - | 39 | 1:144,859 | 3,650 |
| Ireland | 100% | 38 | 1:122,198 | 2,794 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 37 | 1:193,297 | 12,866 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 35 | 1:1,562 | 330 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 35 | 1:232,923 | 19,496 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 34 | 1:635,603 | 19,158 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 33 | 1:182,374 | 4,876 |
| Barbados | - | 30 | 1:9,660 | 1,049 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 30 | 1:5,918,812 | 82,027 |
| Hong Kong | - | 29 | 1:267,335 | 3,524 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 28 | 1:170,284 | 4,241 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 22 | 1:255,799 | 4,758 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 22 | 1:8,834,440 | 66,641 |
| Romania | 100% | 22 | 1:911,453 | 21,217 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Argentina | 100% | 18 | 1:2,376,291 | 8,279 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:6,859 | 1,021 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 14 | 1:131,653 | 1,603 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 14 | 1:41,497 | 2,683 |
| Uganda | 100% | 14 | 1:2,925,494 | 32,970 |
| Chile | 100% | 12 | 1:1,467,267 | 11,454 |
| Grenada | 100% | 11 | 1:9,830 | 1,266 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 11 | 1:4,987 | 869 |
| Namibia | - | 10 | 1:240,418 | 5,231 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Bahamas | - | 8 | 1:49,921 | 1,259 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| Uruguay | - | 8 | 1:428,455 | 5,529 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Russia | 100% | 7 | 1:20,604,815 | 59,831 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Zambia | - | 6 | 1:2,642,466 | 23,928 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Norway | - | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Kenya | - | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Clarissa (231) may also be a surname.
Clarissa Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Richardson the novelist’s adaptation of Clarice, q. v., in 1747-48.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
From the French name Clarisse (It. Clarice), from root of Clare.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (feminine) - Clear light.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Clarissa Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 3,250 (2014)
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