Ernie Forename
9,554th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 107,294 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Ernie Forename Definition:
A diminutive of Ernest. Cf. Ern.
Ernie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 45,039 | 1:8,049 | 950 |
| Philippines | 98% | 39,473 | 1:2,686 | 522 |
| Canada | 100% | 10,065 | 1:3,292 | 597 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,802 | 1:92,064 | 10,503 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 2,262 | 1:13,462 | 1,450 |
| England | 100% | 1,143 | 1:48,646 | 2,315 |
| Australia | - | 1,034 | 1:13,209 | 1,100 |
| New Zealand | - | 552 | 1:8,217 | 941 |
| South Africa | 55% | 516 | 1:105,683 | 8,404 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 510 | 1:33,141 | 2,636 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Suriname | 80% | 313 | 1:1,766 | 411 |
| Ireland | 95% | 166 | 1:27,973 | 1,180 |
| Scotland | 100% | 153 | 1:34,970 | 1,292 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 142 | 1:108,618 | 7,744 |
| Jamaica | - | 131 | 1:22,009 | 1,749 |
| Germany | 97% | 118 | 1:819,304 | 7,018 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 90 | 1:39,448 | 1,246 |
| Belgium | 100% | 88 | 1:130,569 | 3,948 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 83 | 1:286,382 | 21,461 |
| Guam | - | 80 | 1:2,008 | 435 |
| Singapore | 60% | 75 | 1:83,827 | 7,183 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Mexico | 97% | 71 | 1:1,748,513 | 11,018 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 67 | 1:450,775 | 12,527 |
| Bahamas | - | 59 | 1:6,769 | 1,024 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 56 | 1:186,273 | 7,851 |
| Hong Kong | - | 55 | 1:140,959 | 3,027 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 54 | 1:25,211 | 2,800 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 46 | 1:40,068 | 1,150 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 46 | 1:3,866 | 670 |
| China | - | 43 | 1:31,768,739 | 61,161 |
| Belize | 100% | 41 | 1:8,642 | 1,397 |
| Brunei | 100% | 38 | 1:11,041 | 790 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:1,613 | 382 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Peru | 100% | 37 | 1:859,228 | 12,269 |
| South Korea | - | 31 | 1:178,852 | 7,173 |
| Honduras | 100% | 29 | 1:304,051 | 5,793 |
| Chile | 100% | 28 | 1:628,829 | 6,934 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 28 | 1:170,284 | 4,241 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 28 | 1:6,341,584 | 86,017 |
| Wales | 90% | 27 | 1:114,604 | 2,631 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73% | 25 | 1:326,093 | 26,118 |
| Thailand | 73% | 25 | 1:2,802,633 | 67,582 |
| Sweden | 81% | 22 | 1:448,087 | 11,903 |
| France | 100% | 20 | 1:3,323,517 | 16,030 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 19 | 1:432,289 | 7,332 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 18 | 1:1,812,418 | 16,974 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 18 | 1:1,200,584 | 30,105 |
| Guyana | 100% | 17 | 1:44,898 | 4,357 |
| India | 84% | 17 | 1:71,463,410 | 1,089,744 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 17 | 1:3,227 | 641 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 17 | 1:6,456 | 983 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Japan | - | 16 | 1:7,999,129 | 32,265 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Panama | 100% | 14 | 1:279,040 | 9,506 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Austria | 100% | 13 | 1:654,939 | 5,517 |
| Brazil | - | 13 | 1:16,479,704 | 171,823 |
| Italy | 100% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 9 | 1:668,704 | 10,329 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Russia | 100% | 9 | 1:16,025,967 | 51,277 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Liberia | 50% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 86% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| Spain | - | 8 | 1:5,816,246 | 16,159 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Guatemala | - | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Norway | - | 6 | 1:855,388 | 12,625 |
| Barbados | - | 5 | 1:57,958 | 2,168 |
| Tanzania | - | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Finland | 75% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Paraguay | - | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Israel | 83% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
Ernie (511) may also be a surname.
Ernie Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A diminutive of Ernest. Cf. Ern.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Ernie Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 6,912 (2014)
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