Columbus Forename

66,153rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 8,911 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Columbus Forename Definition:

A Latin name, meaning: Dove.

Columbus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
3,7831:95,8334,322
Nigeria
100%
2,8301:62,7444,208
Cameroon
100%
6161:35,0822,581
Zimbabwe
100%
5331:28,9382,933
South Africa
100%
3511:155,36410,830
Philippines
100%
2661:398,53214,295
Uganda
99%
 
1251:327,6559,150
India
100%
951:12,788,189352,907
Liberia
100%
451:98,0464,293
England
100%
381:1,463,23521,026
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Botswana
100%
261:84,0177,219
Malaysia
100%
241:1,268,74841,875
Solomon Islands
100%
231:25,2591,921
France-121:5,539,19521,553
Zambia-121:1,321,23317,217
Saint Lucia
100%
121:14,8181,739
Kenya
100%
111:4,209,73724,377
Canada
100%
71:4,733,33948,640
Indonesia-61:42,993,945799,692
Tanzania
100%
51:10,557,66441,958
Denmark-41:1,412,37415,217
Papua New Guinea
100%
41:2,038,078115,092
Pakistan
100%
41:48,589,420158,924
Switzerland
100%
21:4,106,74825,883
Russia-21:72,116,852125,484
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Slovakia-21:2,655,0326,915
Marshall Islands
100%
21:25,6153,101
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Finland
100%
21:2,741,59219,235
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
Lebanon
100%
21:2,813,78613,895
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Germany
100%
11:96,677,87695,912
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Egypt
100%
11:91,900,94653,283
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377

Columbus (6,017) may also be a surname.

Columbus Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Latin name, meaning: Dove.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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