Dexter Forename
9,130th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 112,673 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago
Dexter Forename Definition:
A Latin name, meaning: Skillful: right hand.
Dexter Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 64,961 | 1:1,632 | 340 |
| United States | 100% | 27,482 | 1:13,192 | 1,281 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,730 | 1:8,261 | 1,208 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,541 | 1:536 | 54 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,281 | 1:25,865 | 2,164 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,216 | 1:17,105 | 2,344 |
| England | 100% | 1,073 | 1:51,820 | 2,422 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,061 | 1:719 | 75 |
| Malawi | 100% | 846 | 1:20,227 | 1,818 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 694 | 1:43,876 | 3,728 |
| Zambia | - | 683 | 1:23,213 | 1,903 |
| Jamaica | - | 508 | 1:5,676 | 851 |
| Poland | 100% | 471 | 1:80,737 | 1,882 |
| South Africa | 100% | 469 | 1:116,274 | 8,951 |
| Ghana | - | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| India | 100% | 312 | 1:3,893,840 | 162,173 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 296 | 1:20,332 | 1,534 |
| Singapore | 100% | 225 | 1:27,942 | 5,813 |
| Gabon | 100% | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Qatar | 100% | 199 | 1:11,908 | 1,879 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 196 | 1:86,235 | 4,736 |
| Brazil | 100% | 192 | 1:1,115,813 | 28,314 |
| Grenada | 100% | 192 | 1:563 | 79 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 188 | 1:82,042 | 6,264 |
| Russia | 95% | 164 | 1:879,474 | 7,917 |
| Australia | - | 163 | 1:83,789 | 3,260 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 143 | 1:780 | 94 |
| Liberia | 98% | 142 | 1:31,071 | 1,892 |
| Bahamas | - | 140 | 1:2,853 | 572 |
| New Zealand | - | 116 | 1:39,104 | 2,354 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| China | - | 109 | 1:12,532,622 | 59,829 |
| Honduras | 100% | 103 | 1:85,606 | 2,997 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 100 | 1:47,679 | 2,160 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 73 | 1:2,432,388 | 45,672 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 73 | 1:752 | 133 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 73 | 1:2,436 | 452 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 73 | 1:7,958 | 843 |
| Hong Kong | - | 65 | 1:119,273 | 2,914 |
| Thailand | 100% | 55 | 1:1,273,924 | 42,340 |
| Mexico | 100% | 54 | 1:2,298,971 | 12,850 |
| Barbados | - | 53 | 1:5,468 | 794 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 52 | 1:667 | 132 |
| Japan | - | 50 | 1:2,559,721 | 21,573 |
| Spain | 100% | 47 | 1:989,999 | 8,652 |
| Peru | 100% | 44 | 1:722,533 | 11,133 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 42 | 1:719,093 | 17,180 |
| Dominica | - | 40 | 1:1,887 | 307 |
| Indonesia | - | 40 | 1:6,449,092 | 236,079 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Panama | 100% | 34 | 1:114,899 | 5,399 |
| Germany | 100% | 33 | 1:2,929,633 | 14,580 |
| Sweden | 100% | 32 | 1:308,060 | 9,282 |
| Wales | 100% | 32 | 1:96,697 | 2,408 |
| Guam | - | 31 | 1:5,182 | 901 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 30 | 1:1,042 | 231 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 29 | 1:1,885 | 394 |
| France | 100% | 26 | 1:2,556,552 | 13,577 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 25 | 1:709,874 | 8,915 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 21 | 1:1,131,890 | 40,612 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 21 | 1:5,226 | 861 |
| Belarus | 78% | 20 | 1:474,119 | 3,101 |
| Belize | 100% | 20 | 1:17,715 | 2,114 |
| Bermuda | - | 19 | 1:3,412 | 618 |
| Oman | - | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Scotland | 100% | 17 | 1:314,727 | 4,715 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 17 | 1:420,705 | 16,716 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| South Korea | - | 15 | 1:369,628 | 10,743 |
| Belgium | 100% | 14 | 1:820,717 | 10,753 |
| Kenya | - | 14 | 1:3,307,651 | 22,394 |
| Cameroon | - | 13 | 1:1,662,346 | 37,840 |
| Italy | 97% | 13 | 1:4,697,084 | 22,664 |
| Ivory Coast | 89% | 13 | 1:1,775,072 | 42,958 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:5,108 | 894 |
| Afghanistan | - | 11 | 1:2,965,774 | 21,963 |
| Czechia | 99% | 11 | 1:968,742 | 3,396 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 11 | 1:322,755 | 3,178 |
| Turkey | 100% | 11 | 1:7,072,883 | 27,150 |
| Denmark | - | 10 | 1:564,950 | 8,399 |
| Finland | 75% | 10 | 1:548,318 | 6,147 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 10 | 1:815,231 | 57,976 |
| Ireland | 100% | 9 | 1:515,947 | 6,644 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 9 | 1:21,595,298 | 106,286 |
| Chile | 100% | 8 | 1:2,200,901 | 14,453 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 8 | 1:1,026,687 | 12,013 |
| Montserrat | - | 7 | 1:697 | 83 |
| Namibia | - | 7 | 1:343,454 | 5,692 |
| Uganda | 100% | 7 | 1:5,850,989 | 49,331 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,538 | 1,253 |
| Moldova | - | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Colombia | - | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Israel | 100% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Déxter (1) are calculated separately.
Dexter (21,029) may also be a surname.
Dexter Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: Skillful: right hand.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Dexter Forename Popularity
Dexter Demographics
Average Dexter Salary in
United States
$40,344 USD
Per year
Rank:
246,132 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00638564
Rank: 1,374 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
92.68%
Sample size: 13,048 (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
Search for Another Forename
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dexter