Ester Forename
1,000th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 917,824 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Namibia
Ester Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 100% | 225,093 | 1:235 | 19 |
| Brazil | 100% | 99,613 | 1:2,151 | 327 |
| Israel | 100% | 68,260 | 1:123 | 9 |
| Indonesia | 98% | 52,070 | 1:4,954 | 589 |
| Philippines | 99% | 51,602 | 1:2,054 | 420 |
| Argentina | 100% | 47,300 | 1:904 | 189 |
| Angola | 100% | 28,342 | 1:951 | 195 |
| Uganda | 100% | 25,208 | 1:1,625 | 258 |
| Mozambique | - | 23,999 | 1:1,135 | 250 |
| United States | 100% | 23,347 | 1:15,528 | 1,407 |
| Spain | 100% | 22,135 | 1:2,102 | 280 |
| Namibia | - | 20,422 | 1:118 | 8 |
| Malawi | 100% | 20,116 | 1:851 | 182 |
| Zambia | - | 19,252 | 1:824 | 185 |
| Chile | 100% | 16,371 | 1:1,076 | 204 |
| Colombia | 100% | 16,286 | 1:2,934 | 383 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 16,124 | 1:957 | 163 |
| Italy | 100% | 15,613 | 1:3,911 | 404 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 14,016 | 1:12,669 | 1,538 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 12,778 | 1:5,778 | 704 |
| South Africa | 100% | 8,903 | 1:6,125 | 1,157 |
| Mexico | 100% | 8,679 | 1:14,304 | 1,036 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 6,469 | 1:2,613 | 493 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5,553 | 1:2,901 | 453 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4,653 | 1:2,119 | 327 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,650 | 1:9,959 | 1,276 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4,026 | 1:2,647 | 257 |
| El Salvador | - | 3,464 | 1:1,831 | 274 |
| Cuba | - | 3,329 | 1:3,456 | 455 |
| Norway | 100% | 3,116 | 1:1,647 | 326 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,724 | 1:3,237 | 493 |
| India | 100% | 2,576 | 1:471,614 | 38,585 |
| Denmark | - | 2,498 | 1:2,262 | 368 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 2,384 | 1:3,036 | 558 |
| Portugal | - | 2,205 | 1:4,721 | 399 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2,184 | 1:2,183 | 384 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,983 | 1:19,066 | 1,940 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,914 | 1:16,610 | 1,447 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1,718 | 1:4,159 | 540 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,382 | 1:23,975 | 2,057 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,294 | 1:6,300 | 658 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,215 | 1:13,973 | 1,093 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 1,207 | 1:25,228 | 2,424 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,179 | 1:25,617 | 1,975 |
| Egypt | 95% | 1,171 | 1:78,481 | 3,868 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,094 | 1:88,371 | 1,959 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1,079 | 1:1,219 | 286 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 875 | 1:6,878 | 859 |
| Finland | 100% | 871 | 1:6,295 | 649 |
| England | 100% | 793 | 1:70,117 | 2,949 |
| Albania | 98% | 755 | 1:4,035 | 803 |
| Panama | 100% | 711 | 1:5,494 | 913 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 670 | 1:5,116 | 499 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 631 | 1:13,017 | 1,140 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 628 | 1:16,881 | 1,325 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 612 | 1:17,045 | 1,690 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 611 | 1:35,369 | 2,597 |
| Liberia | 98% | 607 | 1:7,269 | 758 |
| Ghana | - | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Turkey | 98% | 522 | 1:149,045 | 3,840 |
| Belgium | 100% | 450 | 1:25,533 | 1,742 |
| Croatia | 100% | 426 | 1:9,899 | 775 |
| Ukraine | 95% | 415 | 1:109,638 | 897 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 406 | 1:6,056 | 694 |
| Thailand | 100% | 376 | 1:186,345 | 12,641 |
| Russia | 100% | 318 | 1:453,565 | 5,147 |
| Ireland | 100% | 305 | 1:15,225 | 887 |
| Iceland | 100% | 284 | 1:1,289 | 254 |
| Benin | 100% | 276 | 1:38,318 | 3,278 |
| France | 100% | 266 | 1:249,888 | 3,677 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 233 | 1:22,790 | 556 |
| Bulgaria | 88% | 220 | 1:31,774 | 1,967 |
| Jamaica | - | 213 | 1:13,536 | 1,354 |
| Ecuador | - | 191 | 1:92,811 | 2,377 |
| Haiti | 100% | 190 | 1:56,458 | 3,666 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 162 | 1:113,454 | 5,932 |
| Armenia | 99% | 160 | 1:18,242 | 1,144 |
| Cape Verde | - | 155 | 1:3,414 | 523 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 133 | 1:4,368 | 581 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 132 | 1:1,455 | 289 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 116 | 1:265,400 | 5,580 |
| New Zealand | - | 110 | 1:41,237 | 2,432 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Guinea | - | 108 | 1:109,802 | 2,198 |
| Andorra | - | 105 | 1:789 | 128 |
| Australia | - | 103 | 1:132,598 | 4,290 |
| Belize | 100% | 101 | 1:3,508 | 774 |
| Suriname | 100% | 99 | 1:5,584 | 1,159 |
| Congo | 97% | 97 | 1:51,641 | 3,856 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 96 | 1:74,500 | 6,385 |
| Georgia | 96% | 76 | 1:49,190 | 2,437 |
| Greece | 100% | 75 | 1:145,794 | 3,392 |
| Ivory Coast | 90% | 71 | 1:325,013 | 13,941 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 71 | 1:334,784 | 23,192 |
| Guam | - | 70 | 1:2,295 | 494 |
| Austria | 100% | 69 | 1:123,394 | 2,334 |
| Scotland | 100% | 68 | 1:78,682 | 2,043 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 62 | 1:32,903 | 3,739 |
| Botswana | 100% | 58 | 1:37,663 | 3,938 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 58 | 1:847 | 190 |
| Micronesia | - | 55 | 1:1,936 | 289 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 40 | 1:4,858,942 | 47,820 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 39 | 1:34,908 | 3,522 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Hong Kong | - | 38 | 1:204,019 | 3,280 |
| Qatar | 100% | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| Singapore | 100% | 37 | 1:169,920 | 8,215 |
| Rwanda | - | 36 | 1:315,873 | 1,243 |
| China | - | 35 | 1:39,030,165 | 61,639 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Guyana | 100% | 25 | 1:30,530 | 3,308 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Kazakhstan | 83% | 20 | 1:887,342 | 10,070 |
| Wales | 100% | 20 | 1:154,715 | 3,118 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 19 | 1:186,858 | 2,502 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 18 | 1:3,406 | 692 |
| Hungary | 100% | 18 | 1:543,987 | 1,953 |
| South Korea | 100% | 17 | 1:326,142 | 10,022 |
| Barbados | - | 16 | 1:18,112 | 1,392 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Latvia | - | 14 | 1:143,975 | 2,251 |
| Niger | 88% | 14 | 1:1,370,285 | 19,237 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 12 | 1:803,579 | 13,150 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:4,269 | 670 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Romania | 100% | 10 | 1:2,005,198 | 23,363 |
| Belarus | 83% | 9 | 1:1,053,598 | 5,565 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Poland | 76% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Senegal | 100% | 8 | 1:1,822,670 | 12,813 |
| Jordan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,471,129 | 7,316 |
| Kosovo | - | 6 | 1:310,240 | 9,823 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 6 | 1:105,763 | 2,838 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| South Sudan | 50% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 67% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| San Marino | 100% | 3 | 1:10,973 | 542 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Estér (9) & Éster (1) are calculated separately.
Ester (12,284) may also be a surname.
Ester Forename Popularity
Ester Demographics
Ester Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 33 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Ester Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ester in the Russian language | ||
| Эстер | ester | - |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Ester