Hannah Forename
1,851st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 539,479 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Sierra Leone
Hannah Forename Definition:
A female name. Hebrew Chaanach ‘grace’, the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel. The Greek form of the name, Anna (q.v.), was that in which it became acclimatized in Europe, but Hannah came into use at the Reformation, and was common in the 17th C.
Read More About This ForenameHannah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 99,535 | 1:1,784 | 327 |
| England | 100% | 92,546 | 1:601 | 139 |
| United States | 100% | 84,733 | 1:4,279 | 654 |
| Ghana | 100% | 49,893 | 1:541 | 131 |
| Kenya | 100% | 47,940 | 1:966 | 198 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 22,406 | 1:316 | 77 |
| Philippines | 99% | 18,075 | 1:5,865 | 946 |
| Malawi | 99% | 16,076 | 1:1,064 | 229 |
| Australia | - | 11,161 | 1:1,224 | 255 |
| Liberia | 99% | 9,040 | 1:488 | 101 |
| Wales | 100% | 6,314 | 1:490 | 109 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5,458 | 1:3,959 | 667 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,184 | 1:6,391 | 911 |
| Iran | 100% | 4,993 | 1:15,721 | 1,007 |
| Germany | 100% | 4,941 | 1:19,566 | 921 |
| Brazil | 100% | 4,731 | 1:45,283 | 3,274 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,540 | 1:15,433 | 2,280 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4,516 | 1:1,185 | 219 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,412 | 1:3,831 | 629 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,890 | 1:1,166 | 272 |
| Egypt | 100% | 3,687 | 1:24,926 | 1,785 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,979 | 1:3,309 | 431 |
| Gambia | - | 2,614 | 1:737 | 162 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,601 | 1:1,785 | 283 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,753 | 1:31,108 | 3,755 |
| Afghanistan | 98% | 1,691 | 1:19,292 | 1,495 |
| Sudan | - | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,456 | 1:177,173 | 17,609 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,271 | 1:76,759 | 6,049 |
| Denmark | - | 1,209 | 1:4,673 | 567 |
| India | 100% | 1,148 | 1:1,058,256 | 68,041 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,107 | 1:27,834 | 3,534 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 1,013 | 1:30,059 | 2,771 |
| Uganda | 99% | 827 | 1:49,525 | 2,952 |
| China | - | 768 | 1:1,778,718 | 41,557 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 743 | 1:2,481 | 377 |
| Spain | 100% | 739 | 1:62,963 | 2,273 |
| Austria | 100% | 729 | 1:11,679 | 680 |
| Jamaica | - | 720 | 1:4,004 | 702 |
| Cambodia | 96% | 705 | 1:23,083 | 1,994 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 555 | 1:14,689 | 1,474 |
| France | 100% | 549 | 1:121,075 | 2,455 |
| Belgium | 100% | 480 | 1:23,938 | 1,685 |
| Poland | 100% | 471 | 1:80,737 | 1,882 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 449 | 1:3,032 | 581 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 448 | 1:34,428 | 3,313 |
| Qatar | 100% | 381 | 1:6,219 | 1,015 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Norway | 100% | 343 | 1:14,963 | 1,042 |
| Fiji | - | 317 | 1:2,815 | 794 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 265 | 1:30,994 | 1,742 |
| Singapore | 100% | 264 | 1:23,815 | 4,242 |
| South Korea | - | 247 | 1:22,447 | 2,055 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 242 | 1:29,554 | 2,882 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 222 | 1:237,785 | 9,176 |
| Hong Kong | - | 179 | 1:43,311 | 2,463 |
| Zambia | - | 168 | 1:94,374 | 4,590 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 154 | 1:67,736 | 4,074 |
| Guyana | 100% | 145 | 1:5,264 | 953 |
| Botswana | 100% | 127 | 1:17,200 | 2,174 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 125 | 1:507 | 129 |
| Mexico | 100% | 120 | 1:1,034,537 | 8,269 |
| Czechia | 100% | 116 | 1:91,863 | 1,117 |
| Japan | - | 106 | 1:1,207,416 | 16,190 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 105 | 1:5,533 | 668 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Oman | - | 101 | 1:40,680 | 2,379 |
| Portugal | - | 101 | 1:103,078 | 2,758 |
| Malta | - | 97 | 1:4,426 | 628 |
| Bahamas | - | 93 | 1:4,294 | 739 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Jersey | - | 82 | 1:1,219 | 263 |
| Vietnam | - | 80 | 1:1,157,789 | 2,798 |
| Finland | 100% | 68 | 1:80,635 | 2,134 |
| Italy | 99% | 67 | 1:911,374 | 8,121 |
| Guam | - | 56 | 1:2,869 | 587 |
| Russia | 100% | 56 | 1:2,575,602 | 15,893 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 53 | 1:3,667,126 | 39,769 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 50 | 1:3,556 | 629 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 49 | 1:2,277 | 426 |
| Guatemala | - | 45 | 1:357,965 | 3,895 |
| Grenada | 96% | 44 | 1:2,457 | 495 |
| Mongolia | - | 43 | 1:68,251 | 5,097 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Myanmar | - | 36 | 1:1,443,008 | 744 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 34 | 1:16,590 | 1,110 |
| Ecuador | - | 33 | 1:537,179 | 5,554 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 33 | 1:699,271 | 23,304 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,916 | 431 |
| Chile | 100% | 29 | 1:607,145 | 6,805 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 29 | 1:1,885 | 394 |
| Panama | 100% | 28 | 1:139,520 | 6,123 |
| Honduras | 100% | 26 | 1:339,133 | 6,160 |
| Rwanda | - | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| Iraq | - | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 24 | 1:102,448 | 2,904 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 24 | 1:990,403 | 38,270 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:2,329 | 351 |
| Greece | 100% | 21 | 1:520,693 | 6,872 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 21 | 1:1,438,185 | 27,865 |
| Bermuda | - | 19 | 1:3,412 | 618 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 17 | 1:1,838 | 426 |
| Hungary | 100% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| Belize | 100% | 16 | 1:22,144 | 2,400 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:6,859 | 1,021 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 15 | 1:317,863 | 5,868 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Peru | 100% | 14 | 1:2,270,818 | 22,263 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,478,904 | 13,216 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Colombia | 100% | 11 | 1:4,343,539 | 25,849 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Congo | 100% | 10 | 1:500,920 | 8,695 |
| Iceland | 100% | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Israel | 77% | 10 | 1:840,292 | 12,787 |
| Benin | 100% | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Haiti | - | 8 | 1:1,340,869 | 18,166 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Cyprus | - | 7 | 1:124,439 | 3,136 |
| Belarus | 100% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Nepal | 100% | 6 | 1:4,747,892 | 50,788 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Lebanon | - | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Romania | 100% | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Hännah (1) are calculated separately.
Hannah (48,094) may also be a surname.
Hannah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Hebrew Chaanach ‘grace’, the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel. The Greek form of the name, Anna (q.v.), was that in which it became acclimatized in Europe, but Hannah came into use at the Reformation, and was common in the 17th C. It has been in regular, though not frequent, use ever since.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Once both English and Scottish, this doublet of Anne is now mainly English. For etymology, see Anne: actually, Anne probably varies Anna, which is unaspirated Hannah.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew חַנָּה, Hannáh, which Simonis translates ‘gratuitous gift (that is, grace, mercy);’ Fuerstius, ‘beauty, charm (schönheit, anmuth).’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (feminine) - Grace.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Hebrew (feminine) - Grace, good-will.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Han'-nah, gracious, merciful, taking rest. The wife of Elkanah, of the tribe of Levi, who dwelt at Ramah, and the mother of Samuel. 1 Sam. i. 2.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: she was gracious.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Divine grace.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Hannah Forename Popularity
Hannah Demographics
Average Hannah Salary in
United States
$44,635 USD
Per year
Rank:
187,837 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.016348
Rank: 767 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
102.54%
Sample size: 30,193 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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