Germain Forename
5,893rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 178,417 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Central African Republic
Germain Forename Definition:
Teutonic (masculine) - Man of war, warlike.
Germain Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 98% | 50,775 | 1:1,454 | 271 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 17,534 | 1:1,348 | 317 |
| Benin | 100% | 14,826 | 1:713 | 139 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 11,282 | 1:1,915 | 379 |
| Canada | 100% | 10,613 | 1:3,122 | 576 |
| Central African Republic | - | 10,376 | 1:435 | 180 |
| France | 100% | 9,734 | 1:6,829 | 521 |
| Rwanda | 67% | 8,702 | 1:1,307 | 275 |
| Burundi | 100% | 6,517 | 1:1,520 | 470 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 5,317 | 1:18,349 | 2,425 |
| Haiti | 100% | 3,961 | 1:2,708 | 415 |
| Togo | - | 3,956 | 1:1,830 | 297 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 3,604 | 1:6,403 | 722 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,167 | 1:3,628 | 638 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 2,665 | 1:6,897 | 826 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2,413 | 1:51,448 | 1,895 |
| Guinea | 100% | 1,764 | 1:6,723 | 581 |
| United States | 85% | 1,605 | 1:225,880 | 7,733 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,353 | 1:3,702 | 583 |
| Gabon | 100% | 842 | 1:2,237 | 538 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 834 | 1:36,213 | 2,428 |
| Mali | 100% | 773 | 1:21,963 | 1,514 |
| Chile | 88% | 761 | 1:23,137 | 1,185 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 563 | 1:14,589 | 1,205 |
| Ghana | - | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Peru | 100% | 313 | 1:101,570 | 3,633 |
| Chad | 100% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 301 | 1:23,761 | 2,372 |
| Lebanon | 86% | 285 | 1:19,746 | 1,515 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 270 | 1:2,089 | 327 |
| Morocco | - | 218 | 1:157,563 | 4,496 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 198 | 1:52,683 | 3,457 |
| Senegal | 100% | 176 | 1:82,849 | 2,585 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 167 | 1:933 | 277 |
| Colombia | - | 145 | 1:329,510 | 6,146 |
| French Polynesia | - | 141 | 1:1,971 | 444 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 120 | 1:140,851 | 6,243 |
| England | 52% | 86 | 1:646,546 | 12,592 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 78 | 1:3,464 | 549 |
| Philippines | 66% | 78 | 1:1,359,096 | 33,781 |
| Saint Lucia | 94% | 77 | 1:2,309 | 428 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74% | 70 | 1:116,462 | 10,449 |
| Argentina | 68% | 67 | 1:638,407 | 4,169 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Panama | 100% | 62 | 1:63,009 | 3,783 |
| South Africa | 86% | 58 | 1:940,218 | 36,668 |
| Iraq | 100% | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 53 | 1:25,687 | 2,840 |
| Brazil | 100% | 51 | 1:4,200,709 | 69,653 |
| Suriname | 100% | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Germany | 96% | 39 | 1:2,478,920 | 13,163 |
| Guyana | 100% | 37 | 1:20,629 | 2,526 |
| Nigeria | 79% | 36 | 1:4,932,343 | 72,844 |
| Thailand | 100% | 32 | 1:2,189,557 | 58,571 |
| Jamaica | - | 28 | 1:102,972 | 4,346 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 27 | 1:176,591 | 4,323 |
| Mauritius | - | 25 | 1:51,911 | 3,113 |
| Belize | 100% | 24 | 1:14,763 | 1,892 |
| Ecuador | - | 23 | 1:770,736 | 6,723 |
| Honduras | 100% | 20 | 1:440,873 | 7,120 |
| Jordan | 76% | 19 | 1:464,567 | 3,739 |
| Spain | 100% | 14 | 1:3,323,569 | 14,016 |
| El Salvador | - | 13 | 1:487,830 | 4,461 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:9,146 | 1,253 |
| Australia | - | 11 | 1:1,241,602 | 13,569 |
| India | 87% | 10 | 1:121,487,797 | 1,527,033 |
| Italy | 100% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| China | - | 8 | 1:170,756,973 | 72,230 |
| Uganda | 83% | 8 | 1:5,119,615 | 45,522 |
| Grenada | 75% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Malaysia | 75% | 7 | 1:4,349,991 | 105,289 |
| Norway | 100% | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| Sweden | 83% | 7 | 1:1,408,272 | 24,832 |
| Greece | - | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Russia | 100% | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| Singapore | 100% | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Kenya | - | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Palestine | 100% | 4 | 1:1,137,514 | 4,137 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Qatar | - | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Germaín (6) & Germaîn (1) are calculated separately.
Germain (111,566) may also be a surname.
Germain Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Teutonic (masculine) - Man of war, warlike.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Germain Forename Popularity
Germain Demographics
Average Male Germain Height
174.78 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 81 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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Footnotes
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