Diego Forename
461st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,553,082 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Uruguay
Diego Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 394,563 | 1:543 | 64 |
| Argentina | 100% | 239,162 | 1:179 | 40 |
| Spain | 100% | 169,275 | 1:275 | 48 |
| Colombia | 100% | 156,994 | 1:304 | 43 |
| Mexico | 100% | 146,737 | 1:846 | 169 |
| Ecuador | - | 72,000 | 1:246 | 33 |
| Chile | 100% | 58,417 | 1:301 | 64 |
| Italy | 100% | 48,650 | 1:1,255 | 213 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 47,375 | 1:340 | 57 |
| United States | 100% | 27,962 | 1:12,965 | 1,272 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 26,557 | 1:1,137 | 178 |
| Peru | 100% | 24,175 | 1:1,315 | 268 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 24,088 | 1:142 | 17 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 21,187 | 1:342 | 52 |
| Philippines | 99% | 15,836 | 1:6,694 | 1,042 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 14,324 | 1:740 | 187 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 13,624 | 1:350 | 56 |
| Cuba | - | 5,803 | 1:1,983 | 337 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 5,405 | 1:1,930 | 304 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 5,396 | 1:13,682 | 1,258 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2,991 | 1:2,012 | 373 |
| Panama | 100% | 2,878 | 1:1,357 | 262 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,337 | 1:29,981 | 3,729 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,222 | 1:2,854 | 372 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,172 | 1:4,060 | 584 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,053 | 1:4,001 | 609 |
| France | 100% | 2,029 | 1:32,760 | 1,204 |
| Angola | - | 1,620 | 1:16,646 | 1,564 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,450 | 1:22,851 | 1,985 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,414 | 1:8,126 | 977 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,124 | 1:86,012 | 1,939 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,118 | 1:230,737 | 21,526 |
| England | 100% | 1,065 | 1:52,209 | 2,434 |
| Poland | 100% | 848 | 1:44,843 | 1,238 |
| Portugal | - | 747 | 1:13,937 | 764 |
| Russia | 99% | 742 | 1:194,385 | 2,921 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 608 | 1:5,839 | 500 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 591 | 1:28,599 | 2,410 |
| Suriname | 93% | 494 | 1:1,119 | 222 |
| Haiti | 100% | 434 | 1:24,716 | 1,947 |
| Sweden | 100% | 410 | 1:24,044 | 1,582 |
| Australia | - | 388 | 1:35,200 | 1,934 |
| Morocco | - | 328 | 1:104,721 | 3,418 |
| Israel | 100% | 303 | 1:27,732 | 2,273 |
| South Africa | 100% | 285 | 1:191,343 | 12,556 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Croatia | 100% | 190 | 1:22,195 | 1,143 |
| Czechia | 100% | 151 | 1:70,571 | 988 |
| Malawi | 100% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Belize | 100% | 140 | 1:2,531 | 578 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 136 | 1:1,146 | 325 |
| Egypt | 100% | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| India | 100% | 129 | 1:9,417,659 | 289,144 |
| Albania | 100% | 114 | 1:26,724 | 3,070 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 114 | 1:73,464 | 2,601 |
| Ireland | 100% | 109 | 1:42,601 | 1,488 |
| China | - | 107 | 1:12,766,876 | 59,847 |
| Namibia | - | 106 | 1:22,681 | 1,968 |
| Georgia | 99% | 104 | 1:35,947 | 1,999 |
| New Zealand | - | 103 | 1:44,039 | 2,537 |
| Austria | 100% | 94 | 1:90,577 | 2,005 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 84 | 1:29,271 | 1,561 |
| Uganda | 96% | 81 | 1:505,641 | 11,665 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Norway | 100% | 77 | 1:66,654 | 2,503 |
| Andorra | - | 74 | 1:1,120 | 166 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 72 | 1:759 | 145 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 71 | 1:428,872 | 19,614 |
| Romania | 100% | 62 | 1:323,419 | 9,833 |
| Denmark | - | 60 | 1:94,158 | 2,776 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 53 | 1:407,745 | 14,031 |
| Aruba | - | 50 | 1:2,076 | 432 |
| Scotland | 100% | 50 | 1:107,007 | 2,484 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 49 | 1:1,077,313 | 20,210 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 48 | 1:3,699,258 | 61,420 |
| Jamaica | - | 47 | 1:61,345 | 3,197 |
| Japan | - | 44 | 1:2,908,774 | 22,653 |
| Senegal | 54% | 44 | 1:331,394 | 5,241 |
| Ivory Coast | 86% | 40 | 1:576,898 | 20,488 |
| Finland | 100% | 38 | 1:144,294 | 2,873 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 37 | 1:479,644 | 7,191 |
| Greece | 100% | 36 | 1:303,737 | 5,099 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 35 | 1:7,719 | 883 |
| Liberia | 100% | 33 | 1:133,699 | 5,306 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Hungary | 100% | 29 | 1:337,647 | 1,450 |
| Singapore | 100% | 27 | 1:232,854 | 8,839 |
| Estonia | 100% | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| Hong Kong | - | 26 | 1:298,182 | 3,645 |
| San Marino | 100% | 26 | 1:1,266 | 229 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 24 | 1:990,403 | 38,270 |
| Belarus | 100% | 23 | 1:412,278 | 2,832 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 22 | 1:25,639 | 1,366 |
| Benin | 100% | 19 | 1:556,623 | 17,687 |
| Iceland | - | 19 | 1:19,264 | 1,346 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 19 | 1:296,188 | 5,053 |
| Moldova | 100% | 19 | 1:187,428 | 1,759 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 19 | 1:71,654 | 5,624 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 18 | 1:13,523 | 919 |
| Cape Verde | - | 18 | 1:29,397 | 1,788 |
| Kenya | - | 16 | 1:2,894,194 | 21,637 |
| Turkey | 100% | 16 | 1:4,862,607 | 22,291 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 15 | 1:642,863 | 11,711 |
| South Korea | - | 15 | 1:369,628 | 10,743 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:7,316 | 1,065 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Monaco | 100% | 14 | 1:2,748 | 527 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 13 | 1:1,186,447 | 39,196 |
| Tunisia | - | 11 | 1:61,537 | 2,905 |
| Armenia | 100% | 9 | 1:324,306 | 4,600 |
| Bulgaria | 83% | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Guinea | - | 9 | 1:1,317,627 | 3,716 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| Wales | 100% | 9 | 1:343,812 | 5,087 |
| Zambia | - | 9 | 1:1,761,644 | 19,373 |
| Afghanistan | - | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 7 | 1:1,164,616 | 79,875 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Lithuania | - | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Slovakia | - | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Diêgo (147), Diégo (66), Diëgo (31), Diègo (3) & Díego (1) are calculated separately.
Diego (72,772) may also be a surname.
Diego Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Spanish (masculine) - Beguiling.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
User-submitted Reference
It is a male given name, which has several possible origins.
1. From the Hebrew name Yaaqobh, which is now updated to names like Jakob or James, which states that when he (Yaaqobh) was born, his hand took hold of Esau's (his brother) heel. Due to that behaviour, he became known as 'holder of the heel' (Genesis 27:36).
2. From the Latin word didacus, which means 'doctrine' or 'teaching'. That way, Diogo receives the meaning of 'one who teaches'.
Diogo is a Portuguese version of the Spanish name Diego.
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Diego Demographics
Average Diego Salary in
United States
$37,408 USD
Per year
Rank:
290,471 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0064574
Rank: 1,362 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
85.94%
Sample size: 14,230 (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
Diego Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Diego in the Russian language | ||
| Диего | diego | - |
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