Desmond Forename
3,629th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 289,628 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Dominica
Desmond Forename Definition:
A male name. Irish Deas-Mumhain, ‘South Munster’, came to be used first as a surname and then as a christian name in Ireland, and has recently come into use in England also.
Desmond Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 92,787 | 1:1,914 | 354 |
| Ghana | 99% | 35,903 | 1:752 | 176 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 29,510 | 1:240 | 53 |
| South Africa | 100% | 25,901 | 1:2,105 | 353 |
| United States | 100% | 17,864 | 1:20,294 | 1,643 |
| England | 100% | 17,569 | 1:3,165 | 434 |
| Ireland | 100% | 9,285 | 1:500 | 107 |
| Kenya | 100% | 5,997 | 1:7,722 | 1,074 |
| Jamaica | - | 5,025 | 1:574 | 128 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4,396 | 1:419 | 98 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,641 | 1:9,100 | 1,100 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 3,422 | 1:2,382 | 278 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,318 | 1:6,513 | 914 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 3,241 | 1:9,395 | 1,076 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2,346 | 1:6,575 | 968 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,931 | 1:10,771 | 1,590 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,798 | 1:9,517 | 1,083 |
| Australia | - | 1,701 | 1:8,029 | 836 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,674 | 1:1,848 | 352 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,667 | 1:3,771 | 621 |
| Namibia | - | 1,619 | 1:1,485 | 299 |
| Zambia | - | 1,173 | 1:13,516 | 1,326 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,162 | 1:4,604 | 459 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,158 | 1:45,586 | 3,455 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,085 | 1:1,255 | 230 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,029 | 1:742 | 82 |
| Togo | - | 989 | 1:7,320 | 1,126 |
| India | 100% | 859 | 1:1,414,293 | 82,749 |
| Uganda | 100% | 670 | 1:61,130 | 3,371 |
| New Zealand | - | 649 | 1:6,989 | 867 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 563 | 1:30,021 | 2,481 |
| Bangladesh | - | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| Indonesia | - | 502 | 1:513,872 | 38,388 |
| Bahamas | - | 448 | 1:891 | 233 |
| Botswana | 100% | 448 | 1:4,876 | 824 |
| Barbados | - | 433 | 1:669 | 153 |
| Liberia | 99% | 402 | 1:10,975 | 961 |
| Hong Kong | - | 390 | 1:19,879 | 2,078 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 387 | 1:1,501 | 283 |
| Dominica | - | 352 | 1:214 | 45 |
| Grenada | 99% | 283 | 1:382 | 37 |
| Philippines | 99% | 257 | 1:412,488 | 14,623 |
| Thailand | 100% | 242 | 1:289,528 | 16,591 |
| Swaziland | - | 231 | 1:5,628 | 945 |
| China | - | 206 | 1:6,631,339 | 59,316 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 197 | 1:36,305 | 3,422 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 192 | 1:384,519 | 14,440 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 181 | 1:616 | 52 |
| Suriname | 100% | 181 | 1:3,054 | 705 |
| Germany | 100% | 161 | 1:600,484 | 5,863 |
| Kuwait | - | 161 | 1:23,511 | 2,397 |
| Egypt | 100% | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 147 | 1:1,210 | 196 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 121 | 1:453 | 53 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 105 | 1:584 | 90 |
| Belize | 100% | 95 | 1:3,730 | 814 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 93 | 1:1,069 | 203 |
| Brazil | 100% | 85 | 1:2,520,425 | 49,362 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| France | 100% | 72 | 1:923,199 | 7,498 |
| Spain | 100% | 72 | 1:646,250 | 7,185 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 65 | 1:1,688 | 341 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Qatar | 100% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| Brunei | - | 59 | 1:7,111 | 652 |
| Sweden | 100% | 55 | 1:179,235 | 6,459 |
| Jersey | - | 54 | 1:1,851 | 357 |
| Chile | 58% | 49 | 1:359,331 | 5,064 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| Gambia | - | 49 | 1:39,318 | 298 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:789 | 165 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 38 | 1:794,787 | 18,429 |
| Pakistan | 98% | 37 | 1:5,252,910 | 49,722 |
| Panama | 100% | 37 | 1:105,583 | 5,133 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Russia | 100% | 36 | 1:4,006,492 | 21,115 |
| Denmark | - | 34 | 1:166,162 | 3,974 |
| Iraq | - | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 33 | 1:26,396 | 1,486 |
| Switzerland | 86% | 29 | 1:283,224 | 5,698 |
| Belgium | 100% | 27 | 1:425,557 | 7,369 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 25 | 1:923,037 | 28,068 |
| Norway | 100% | 24 | 1:213,847 | 5,267 |
| Congo | 100% | 23 | 1:217,792 | 6,290 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 21 | 1:97,143 | 8,397 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Bermuda | - | 19 | 1:3,412 | 618 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 16 | 1:828 | 130 |
| Italy | 93% | 16 | 1:3,816,381 | 20,790 |
| Vietnam | - | 16 | 1:5,788,945 | 3,683 |
| Benin | 100% | 15 | 1:705,056 | 20,455 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Honduras | 100% | 14 | 1:629,819 | 8,609 |
| Macau | - | 13 | 1:46,785 | 540 |
| Mexico | 100% | 13 | 1:9,549,571 | 29,766 |
| South Korea | - | 13 | 1:426,494 | 11,600 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,604 | 555 |
| Argentina | 100% | 11 | 1:3,888,477 | 10,916 |
| Andorra | - | 9 | 1:9,210 | 586 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 8 | 1:729 | 173 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Montserrat | - | 7 | 1:697 | 83 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Belarus | 100% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Guinea | 100% | 5 | 1:2,371,729 | 4,683 |
| Oman | - | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Finland | 86% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
Desmond (27,513) may also be a surname.
Desmond Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Irish Deas-Mumhain, ‘South Munster’, came to be used first as a surname and then as a christian name in Ireland, and has recently come into use in England also.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Celtic name, meaning: Man of the world.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Desmond Forename Popularity
Desmond Demographics
Desmond Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 7 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Desmond Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Desmond in the Russian language | ||
| Десмонд | desmond | - |
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