Erskine Forename

141,985th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 2,667 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Erskine Forename Definition:

A Unknown origin name, meaning: A name distinguished in British history.

Erskine Forename Distribution

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
1,7671:205,1717,240
Barbados-2991:969229
Ghana
100%
2251:119,9394,817
Bahamas-1081:3,698660
England
100%
481:1,158,39418,168
Canada
100%
401:828,33417,935
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
271:50,4234,495
Philippines
100%
251:4,240,37976,922
Bermuda-171:3,813661
New Zealand-131:348,92610,601
Ivory Coast
 
83%
91:2,563,99353,027
Scotland
100%
61:891,7289,103
Liberia
100%
61:735,34418,173
South Africa
100%
61:9,088,775152,087
Saint Lucia
100%
61:29,6362,683
Haiti-51:2,145,39120,367
Panama-41:976,63921,104
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
41:27,8953,010
United States Virgin Islands-31:36,5823,060
Guyana-31:254,42114,062
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Northern Ireland
100%
31:614,3822,910
Saint Kitts and Nevis-21:27,4302,159
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Nigeria
100%
21:88,782,180420,186
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Netherlands
100%
21:8,451,04232,813
Mexico
100%
21:62,072,21496,650
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Grenada
100%
21:54,0623,078
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Belize
100%
21:177,1545,935
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Brazil
100%
11:214,236,154864,335
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
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Erskine (18,104) may also be a surname.

Erskine Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Unknown origin name, meaning: A name distinguished in British history.

— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Erskine Forename Popularity

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Erskine Demographics

Average Male Erskine Height

178.35 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 37 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Earskine9319/
Eurskine935/
Ershkine932/
Erskiene931/
Arskine862/
Erskane861/
Erskini861/
Orskine861/
Orasikin671/
Arscène571/
Harskunj531/
Harshkunj504/
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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Erskine