Ezra Forename
8,438th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 122,607 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Nauru
Ezra Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘help’, the name of the author of one of the books of the Old Testament, taken into use in England in the 17th C (e.g. Ezra Grayle, a Presbyterian minister in 1648) and still used in the USA.
Ezra Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 100% | 22,046 | 1:2,100 | 395 |
| Tanzania | 84% | 16,908 | 1:3,122 | 573 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 15,224 | 1:11,663 | 1,453 |
| Uganda | 99% | 10,809 | 1:3,789 | 470 |
| United States | 100% | 10,108 | 1:35,866 | 2,298 |
| Israel | 99% | 6,757 | 1:1,244 | 273 |
| Pakistan | 96% | 5,679 | 1:34,224 | 2,254 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 5,650 | 1:5,774 | 758 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 4,535 | 1:5,210 | 1,047 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,930 | 1:24,824 | 3,151 |
| Indonesia | 86% | 2,424 | 1:106,421 | 11,823 |
| Malawi | 98% | 2,200 | 1:7,778 | 951 |
| Philippines | 56% | 2,063 | 1:51,386 | 3,725 |
| Rwanda | - | 1,934 | 1:5,880 | 1,009 |
| South Africa | 91% | 1,451 | 1:37,583 | 4,225 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,180 | 1:22,870 | 1,643 |
| Jamaica | - | 957 | 1:3,013 | 599 |
| Zambia | - | 957 | 1:16,567 | 1,534 |
| Zimbabwe | 94% | 829 | 1:18,605 | 2,078 |
| DR Congo | 66% | 801 | 1:92,169 | 5,053 |
| Malaysia | 62% | 620 | 1:49,113 | 4,067 |
| Netherlands | 95% | 552 | 1:30,620 | 2,511 |
| England | 96% | 489 | 1:113,707 | 4,125 |
| India | 98% | 451 | 1:2,693,743 | 127,292 |
| Canada | 100% | 446 | 1:74,290 | 4,245 |
| Mexico | 94% | 354 | 1:350,690 | 4,708 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 217 | 1:37,568 | 3,687 |
| Australia | - | 194 | 1:70,400 | 2,973 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Barbados | - | 183 | 1:1,584 | 368 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Bahamas | - | 153 | 1:2,610 | 536 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 151 | 1:3,847 | 539 |
| New Zealand | - | 147 | 1:30,857 | 2,021 |
| Brazil | 100% | 145 | 1:1,477,491 | 34,317 |
| Thailand | 88% | 134 | 1:522,879 | 24,446 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 121 | 1:11,251 | 1,630 |
| Argentina | 100% | 103 | 1:415,274 | 3,407 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 73 | 1:97,973 | 7,849 |
| Panama | 100% | 68 | 1:57,449 | 3,596 |
| Saint Lucia | 94% | 64 | 1:2,778 | 520 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98% | 61 | 1:1,829 | 348 |
| Guyana | 100% | 59 | 1:12,937 | 1,832 |
| South Korea | 69% | 57 | 1:97,271 | 5,004 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| Grenada | 52% | 43 | 1:2,515 | 505 |
| Liberia | 100% | 40 | 1:110,302 | 4,652 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Belize | 100% | 37 | 1:9,576 | 1,476 |
| Switzerland | 82% | 35 | 1:234,671 | 5,117 |
| Cameroon | 80% | 33 | 1:654,864 | 19,559 |
| France | 89% | 31 | 1:2,144,205 | 12,301 |
| Turkey | 74% | 29 | 1:2,682,818 | 16,510 |
| Singapore | 100% | 27 | 1:232,854 | 8,839 |
| Sweden | 87% | 27 | 1:365,108 | 10,445 |
| Botswana | 100% | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Germany | 71% | 26 | 1:3,718,380 | 16,892 |
| Qatar | 50% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Belgium | 100% | 25 | 1:459,602 | 7,725 |
| Honduras | 100% | 23 | 1:383,368 | 6,614 |
| Namibia | - | 23 | 1:104,530 | 4,709 |
| Peru | 79% | 23 | 1:1,382,237 | 16,311 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 21 | 1:5,226 | 861 |
| China | - | 20 | 1:68,302,789 | 63,189 |
| Congo | 100% | 19 | 1:263,642 | 6,499 |
| Marshall Islands | 53% | 19 | 1:2,696 | 404 |
| Spain | 100% | 19 | 1:2,448,946 | 12,647 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 19 | 1:1,589,573 | 29,905 |
| Hong Kong | - | 18 | 1:430,707 | 4,155 |
| Russia | 75% | 17 | 1:8,484,336 | 34,226 |
| Czechia | 50% | 16 | 1:666,010 | 2,826 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:2,232 | 502 |
| Nauru | 100% | 13 | 1:917 | 142 |
| Chile | 92% | 11 | 1:1,600,655 | 12,027 |
| Italy | 63% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Scotland | 100% | 10 | 1:535,037 | 6,544 |
| Wales | 69% | 10 | 1:309,431 | 4,737 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| Bulgaria | - | 8 | 1:873,799 | 10,237 |
| Dominica | - | 7 | 1:10,782 | 397 |
| Iceland | - | 6 | 1:61,003 | 3,164 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Norway | 100% | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,160,880 | 7,088 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Ukraine | 50% | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | 100% | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Ezra (31,233) may also be a surname.
Ezra Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘help’, the name of the author of one of the books of the Old Testament, taken into use in England in the 17th C (e.g. Ezra Grayle, a Presbyterian minister in 1648) and still used in the USA.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
‘Ezra’s name is thought to be the same as that of Zerah, son of Judah, the rising of light, from whom likewise Heman, the writer of the 88th Psalm, is termed the Ezrahite’ (Yonge). It was Ezra who, ca. 536 B. C., led the Jews back from the Babylonian captivity: see the Book of Ezra. The name is becoming rare except among Americans: cf. the ‘prophetical’ Ezra Pound, notable American expatriate writer.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew עֶזְרָא, Ezrá, signifying help.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Ez'-rah, helper. The author of the book which bears his name: he was of the sacerdotal family, being a direct descendant from Aaron, and successor to Zerubbabel in the government of Judea. See the Book.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: help.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: The helpful: help.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ezra Forename Popularity
Ezra Demographics
Ezra Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,678 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Ezra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ezra in the Russian language | ||
| Эзра | ezra | - |
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