Edson Forename
1,018th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 910,698 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Mozambique
Edson Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 504,943 | 1:424 | 42 |
| Mozambique | - | 153,597 | 1:177 | 21 |
| Angola | 100% | 81,517 | 1:331 | 52 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 35,582 | 1:1,484 | 306 |
| Uganda | 99% | 28,175 | 1:1,454 | 238 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 23,395 | 1:659 | 111 |
| Malawi | 99% | 12,395 | 1:1,381 | 288 |
| Peru | 100% | 11,038 | 1:2,880 | 517 |
| Mexico | 100% | 9,826 | 1:12,634 | 989 |
| Zambia | - | 9,482 | 1:1,672 | 322 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 6,947 | 1:1,526 | 360 |
| United States | 100% | 3,990 | 1:90,861 | 4,161 |
| Philippines | 100% | 3,780 | 1:28,045 | 2,559 |
| Haiti | 100% | 2,700 | 1:3,973 | 602 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,659 | 1:4,277 | 808 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2,145 | 1:7,510 | 769 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,612 | 1:10,923 | 804 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1,254 | 1:422 | 45 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,141 | 1:26,470 | 2,014 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,130 | 1:42,282 | 2,087 |
| Portugal | - | 1,061 | 1:9,812 | 609 |
| Ecuador | - | 855 | 1:20,733 | 1,180 |
| Kenya | 100% | 842 | 1:54,997 | 3,609 |
| South Africa | 99% | 789 | 1:69,116 | 6,388 |
| Honduras | 100% | 465 | 1:18,962 | 1,416 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 454 | 1:15,940 | 1,174 |
| El Salvador | - | 441 | 1:14,380 | 901 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 431 | 1:11,063 | 987 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 418 | 1:459 | 54 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 351 | 1:444 | 117 |
| England | 99% | 330 | 1:168,494 | 5,296 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Panama | 100% | 284 | 1:13,755 | 1,607 |
| Suriname | 100% | 280 | 1:1,974 | 460 |
| Canada | 100% | 267 | 1:124,095 | 5,768 |
| Jamaica | - | 262 | 1:11,005 | 1,204 |
| Japan | - | 243 | 1:526,692 | 11,343 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 233 | 1:316,857 | 12,497 |
| Spain | 100% | 226 | 1:205,885 | 4,135 |
| Botswana | 100% | 200 | 1:10,922 | 1,530 |
| Congo | 100% | 198 | 1:25,299 | 2,420 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 161 | 1:104,982 | 5,322 |
| Namibia | - | 159 | 1:15,121 | 1,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 94% | 141 | 1:163,659 | 8,624 |
| France | 100% | 114 | 1:583,073 | 5,862 |
| Indonesia | - | 105 | 1:2,456,797 | 119,341 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 103 | 1:1,723,926 | 36,042 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 80 | 1:130,391 | 6,179 |
| Thailand | 100% | 71 | 1:986,842 | 36,201 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 69 | 1:87,222 | 3,217 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 61 | 1:22,318 | 2,553 |
| India | 100% | 59 | 1:20,591,152 | 482,224 |
| Argentina | 100% | 54 | 1:792,097 | 4,635 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 51 | 1:110,345 | 3,355 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 51 | 1:2,188 | 410 |
| Cameroon | - | 46 | 1:469,794 | 15,475 |
| Russia | 100% | 42 | 1:3,434,136 | 19,138 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| Germany | 100% | 32 | 1:3,021,184 | 14,850 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 32 | 1:107,114 | 2,682 |
| Italy | 100% | 30 | 1:2,035,403 | 14,030 |
| Albania | 100% | 29 | 1:105,054 | 7,159 |
| Iraq | 100% | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Sweden | 100% | 29 | 1:339,928 | 9,942 |
| Benin | 100% | 28 | 1:377,709 | 14,020 |
| Barbados | - | 27 | 1:10,733 | 1,111 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:21,517 | 1,702 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Australia | - | 21 | 1:650,363 | 9,310 |
| Guyana | 100% | 21 | 1:36,346 | 3,756 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 19 | 1:432,289 | 7,332 |
| Belize | 100% | 17 | 1:20,842 | 2,309 |
| Belgium | 100% | 16 | 1:718,128 | 9,982 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 16 | 1:1,903,121 | 56,176 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 15 | 1:543,488 | 40,661 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Senegal | 100% | 12 | 1:1,215,113 | 10,353 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Norway | 100% | 8 | 1:641,541 | 10,538 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Singapore | 100% | 7 | 1:898,151 | 14,197 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 6 | 1:9,144 | 1,176 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| Finland | 50% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Luxembourg | - | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Grenada | 100% | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Austria | - | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Israel | 100% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| New Zealand | - | 3 | 1:1,512,015 | 11,267 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Ireland | - | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Wales | - | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Poland | 75% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Édson (35) & Edsón (10) are calculated separately.
Edson (36,764) may also be a surname.
Edson Forename Popularity
Edson Demographics
Edson Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sample size: 19 (2018)
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Phonetically Similar Names
Edson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edson in the Russian language | ||
| Эдсон | edson | - |
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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
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