Craig Forename

1,125th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 827,441 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Craig Forename Definition:

A Gaelic name, meaning: From the mountain crag.

Craig Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
486,2661:746147
England
100%
120,5771:461102
Australia-65,0011:21027
Canada
100%
43,9421:754161
South Africa
100%
31,1991:1,748270
Scotland
100%
27,4921:19535
New Zealand-18,0381:25126
Wales
100%
8,3281:37282
Mozambique-3,8401:7,0951,242
Thailand
100%
1,9811:35,3694,215
Angola-1,4851:18,1591,621
Poland
100%
1,1781:32,281999
Jamaica-1,0621:2,715566
Northern Ireland
100%
1,0381:1,776309
Ghana-1,0111:26,6931,799
Bangladesh-1,0081:158,1969,003
Ireland
95%
 
8731:5,319511
Isle of Man
100%
7481:11430
Zimbabwe
99%
 
6581:23,4402,493
Bahamas-5561:718182
Netherlands
100%
4621:36,5852,803
Germany
100%
4581:211,0873,206
Malawi
100%
4441:38,5412,809
Kenya-4421:104,7675,409
Japan-4211:304,0058,616
Saudi Arabia-4081:75,5218,273
India
100%
3641:3,337,577146,557
Fiji-3451:2,587730
Dominican Republic-3151:33,1152,591
France
100%
2921:227,6383,484
Philippines
100%
2901:365,55013,470
Brazil
100%
2831:757,01821,691
China-2811:4,861,40853,356
Egypt
100%
2601:353,46510,818
Bahrain-2221:6,075981
Oman-2111:19,4721,699
Singapore
100%
2101:29,9385,849
Malaysia
100%
1981:153,7889,583
Switzerland
100%
1831:44,8822,082
Sweden
100%
1801:54,7662,811
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
1771:7,6921,215
Hong Kong-1671:46,4242,489
Guernsey
100%
1561:406104
United Arab Emirates-1541:46,4424,227
Spain
100%
1511:308,1455,039
Bermuda-1411:46065
Morocco-1361:252,5646,008
Botswana
100%
1321:16,5492,115
Nigeria
100%
1301:1,365,88031,080
Norway
100%
1281:40,0961,811
Swaziland-1281:10,1581,360
Antigua and Barbuda-1231:808138
Chile
65%
 
1231:143,1483,096
Guam-1191:1,350305
Jersey
100%
1191:840189
Belgium
100%
1111:103,5143,518
Barbados-1061:2,734551
Iraq-1061:330,3574,506
Vanuatu-1061:2,470570
Israel
100%
1041:80,7973,912
DR Congo
100%
821:900,33727,216
Cayman Islands
100%
811:757144
Denmark-801:70,6192,348
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
711:773142
Saint Lucia
100%
711:2,504465
Zambia-701:226,4977,455
Kuwait-661:57,3524,703
Qatar
100%
661:35,9034,803
Indonesia-651:3,968,672168,267
Mexico
100%
651:1,909,91411,588
Portugal-651:160,1673,695
South Korea-621:89,4264,762
Papua New Guinea
100%
581:140,55712,423
Malta-571:7,533851
Russia
100%
511:2,828,11216,785
Ecuador-501:354,5384,532
Gibraltar-501:683143
Greece
100%
491:223,1544,334
British Virgin Islands
100%
461:679114
Guatemala-461:350,1833,849
Italy
98%
 
461:1,327,43710,603
United States Virgin Islands-461:2,386479
Taiwan
100%
411:579,74830,088
Afghanistan-341:959,51512,037
Austria
100%
341:250,4183,323
Brunei
100%
341:12,340860
Grenada
100%
341:3,180594
Estonia
100%
311:42,4322,607
Turks and Caicos Islands
100%
281:1,240288
Vietnam
100%
271:3,430,4863,401
Laos-251:263,474265
Panama
100%
251:156,2626,569
Sudan
100%
251:1,512,2793,324
Finland
89%
 
241:228,4663,699
Northern Mariana Islands-231:2,377477
Namibia-211:114,4854,736
Uganda
100%
191:2,155,62727,415
Hungary
100%
181:543,9871,953
Anguilla
100%
171:780113
Guyana
100%
171:44,8984,357
Equatorial Guinea-161:71,106389
Ethiopia-161:6,097,50812,067
French Polynesia-161:17,3691,803
Liberia
100%
161:275,7548,947
Nicaragua
100%
161:376,1467,303
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
151:7,4391,138
Costa Rica
100%
141:340,5686,089
Croatia
100%
141:301,2204,308
Honduras
100%
141:629,8198,609
Monaco
100%
131:2,959566
Pakistan
100%
131:14,950,59186,698
Azerbaijan-121:803,57913,150
Czechia
100%
121:888,0143,257
Norfolk Island-111:21126
American Samoa-91:6,2051,322
Gabon
100%
91:209,2602,118
Madagascar-91:2,625,4903,077
Rwanda-91:1,263,4931,939
Sierra Leone-91:787,629675
Tanzania
100%
91:5,865,36930,875
Aruba-81:12,9721,901
Belize
100%
81:44,2893,463
Peru
100%
81:3,973,93231,495
Venezuela
100%
81:3,775,23755,178
Algeria-61:6,362,78710,855
Argentina
 
67%
61:7,128,87415,663
Slovakia
100%
61:885,0103,389
Cambodia-51:3,254,66631,163
Cameroon-51:4,322,10163,776
Congo
100%
51:1,001,84116,039
Dominica-51:15,094483
Georgia-51:747,69311,698
Kazakhstan
100%
51:3,549,36921,516
Luxembourg
100%
51:112,8102,667
Turkey-51:15,560,34240,635
Falkland Islands-41:786147
Libya-41:1,555,3271,779
Macau-41:152,052991
Mali-41:4,244,4395,329
New Caledonia-41:67,5412,087
Puerto Rico-41:887,5754,962
Seychelles-41:23,1681,192
Solomon Islands-41:145,2396,287
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Tajikistan-41:2,093,7305,016
Tonga-41:26,859378
Tunisia-41:169,2267,289
Jordan-31:2,942,2588,136
Albania-21:1,523,28533,816
Belarus
100%
21:4,741,19216,466
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Bulgaria-21:3,495,19519,668
Maldives-21:216,9523,781
Mauritania-21:2,047,62019,390
Mauritius-21:648,8928,630
Micronesia-21:53,2501,276
Montserrat-21:2,438412
Nepal-21:14,243,67686,069
Niger-21:9,591,99755,581
Romania-21:10,025,98847,037
Serbia-21:3,572,8608,125
Ukraine-21:22,749,95422,291
Armenia
100%
11:2,918,75314,910
Bhutan-11:824,9286,865
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Comoros-11:761,339901
Cook Islands-11:18,1531,349
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Djibouti-11:915,6642,132
East Timor-11:1,218,375811
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299
Lesotho-11:2,039,99747,971
North Macedonia-11:2,090,75715,787
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Montenegro
100%
11:634,5764,914
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha-11:5,829386
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Tuvalu-11:11,13189
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476

Craig (191,408) may also be a surname.

Craig Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Gaelic name, meaning: From the mountain crag.

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

Craig Forename Popularity

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