Ian Forename
710th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,173,544 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Niue
Ian Forename Definition:
IAIN. This Scottish m. is a variant of John, and Iain—affected by C20 novelists—is the more Gaelic form (cf. Erse Eoin).
Ian Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 376,424 | 1:148 | 16 |
| Australia | - | 140,801 | 1:97 | 9 |
| United States | 100% | 118,577 | 1:3,057 | 525 |
| Kenya | 100% | 96,700 | 1:479 | 93 |
| Philippines | 97% | 72,632 | 1:1,460 | 292 |
| Canada | 100% | 61,886 | 1:535 | 103 |
| Scotland | 100% | 48,897 | 1:109 | 13 |
| New Zealand | - | 29,589 | 1:153 | 9 |
| South Africa | 100% | 27,695 | 1:1,969 | 317 |
| Brazil | 100% | 26,257 | 1:8,159 | 980 |
| Wales | 100% | 19,035 | 1:163 | 22 |
| Indonesia | 79% | 12,274 | 1:21,017 | 2,942 |
| Spain | 100% | 9,800 | 1:4,748 | 469 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9,667 | 1:1,770 | 346 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 8,736 | 1:211 | 34 |
| Ireland | 100% | 7,838 | 1:592 | 127 |
| Zambia | - | 7,088 | 1:2,237 | 400 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,760 | 1:4,730 | 908 |
| Thailand | 100% | 5,040 | 1:13,902 | 2,107 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 5,038 | 1:3,061 | 543 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4,165 | 1:9,077 | 1,203 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 3,789 | 1:2,152 | 249 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,386 | 1:852 | 220 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,034 | 1:8,895 | 899 |
| Uganda | 99% | 2,960 | 1:13,837 | 1,256 |
| France | 100% | 2,789 | 1:23,833 | 1,008 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,772 | 1:491 | 47 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,721 | 1:8,684 | 1,463 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,718 | 1:7,652 | 1,215 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,461 | 1:6,868 | 969 |
| Angola | - | 2,429 | 1:11,102 | 1,238 |
| Cambodia | 52% | 2,369 | 1:6,869 | 992 |
| Oman | 100% | 2,294 | 1:1,791 | 276 |
| Poland | 96% | 2,262 | 1:16,811 | 638 |
| Libya | - | 2,020 | 1:3,080 | 527 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,866 | 1:28,290 | 2,546 |
| Malaysia | 85% | 1,742 | 1:17,480 | 1,791 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,741 | 1:91,592 | 6,439 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,675 | 1:57,718 | 1,546 |
| Malta | - | 1,625 | 1:264 | 49 |
| Chile | 99% | 1,405 | 1:12,532 | 852 |
| Mexico | 97% | 1,307 | 1:94,984 | 2,508 |
| China | - | 1,036 | 1:1,318,587 | 37,590 |
| Singapore | 96% | 1,009 | 1:6,231 | 1,162 |
| Barbados | - | 1,004 | 1:289 | 47 |
| Denmark | - | 860 | 1:6,569 | 673 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 805 | 1:10,203 | 1,009 |
| Sweden | 98% | 799 | 1:12,338 | 1,012 |
| Guyana | 100% | 791 | 1:965 | 136 |
| Qatar | 100% | 785 | 1:3,019 | 436 |
| Belgium | 100% | 781 | 1:14,712 | 1,320 |
| Vanuatu | - | 769 | 1:340 | 65 |
| Jersey | 100% | 743 | 1:135 | 14 |
| India | 91% | 733 | 1:1,657,405 | 92,112 |
| Portugal | - | 692 | 1:15,045 | 802 |
| Egypt | 100% | 672 | 1:136,757 | 5,674 |
| Japan | - | 640 | 1:199,978 | 6,819 |
| Hong Kong | - | 638 | 1:12,152 | 1,170 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 610 | 1:104 | 16 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 593 | 1:17,591 | 1,733 |
| Namibia | - | 584 | 1:4,117 | 648 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 564 | 1:4,360 | 575 |
| Bahamas | - | 538 | 1:742 | 186 |
| Norway | 100% | 523 | 1:9,813 | 871 |
| Bahrain | - | 518 | 1:2,604 | 433 |
| Belize | 100% | 496 | 1:714 | 110 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 494 | 1:7,187 | 551 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 466 | 1:1,247 | 241 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 436 | 1:195 | 67 |
| Fiji | - | 432 | 1:2,066 | 573 |
| Peru | 99% | 419 | 1:75,875 | 3,097 |
| Botswana | 100% | 406 | 1:5,380 | 892 |
| Iraq | 100% | 377 | 1:92,886 | 2,361 |
| Panama | 100% | 366 | 1:10,674 | 1,389 |
| Samoa | - | 365 | 1:535 | 163 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Italy | 97% | 298 | 1:204,906 | 2,907 |
| Greece | 100% | 274 | 1:39,907 | 1,517 |
| Gibraltar | - | 257 | 1:133 | 11 |
| Israel | 76% | 252 | 1:33,345 | 2,487 |
| Swaziland | - | 231 | 1:5,628 | 945 |
| South Korea | - | 229 | 1:24,211 | 2,154 |
| Russia | 97% | 226 | 1:638,202 | 6,397 |
| Saint Lucia | 97% | 225 | 1:790 | 111 |
| Suriname | 100% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 212 | 1:112,121 | 12,733 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 210 | 1:4,148 | 531 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 206 | 1:23,145 | 1,473 |
| Romania | 100% | 193 | 1:103,896 | 4,537 |
| Grenada | 100% | 189 | 1:572 | 81 |
| Moldova | 100% | 185 | 1:19,249 | 619 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 175 | 1:175,923 | 4,261 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 169 | 1:1,050,677 | 25,842 |
| Ecuador | - | 166 | 1:106,789 | 2,524 |
| Austria | 100% | 164 | 1:51,916 | 1,544 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 158 | 1:45,266 | 4,111 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 155 | 1:641 | 83 |
| Bermuda | - | 154 | 1:421 | 52 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 151 | 1:739 | 79 |
| Tonga | - | 151 | 1:711 | 162 |
| Dominica | - | 146 | 1:517 | 119 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 133 | 1:461 | 65 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 133 | 1:1,171 | 331 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 127 | 1:237,810 | 8,169 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 123 | 1:753 | 173 |
| Argentina | 100% | 119 | 1:359,439 | 3,189 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 118 | 1:136,512 | 2,555 |
| Estonia | 100% | 114 | 1:11,538 | 1,232 |
| Finland | 100% | 112 | 1:48,957 | 1,697 |
| Czechia | 100% | 104 | 1:102,463 | 1,165 |
| Honduras | 100% | 97 | 1:90,902 | 3,089 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 86 | 1:638 | 97 |
| Pakistan | 93% | 83 | 1:2,341,659 | 30,113 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 82 | 1:900,337 | 27,216 |
| Colombia | 97% | 80 | 1:597,237 | 8,549 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 77 | 1:1,202,898 | 2,837 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 76 | 1:1,444 | 297 |
| Afghanistan | 63% | 75 | 1:434,980 | 7,748 |
| Congo | 50% | 60 | 1:83,487 | 5,632 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 57 | 1:9,896 | 811 |
| Georgia | 97% | 56 | 1:66,758 | 2,902 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 55 | 1:23,596 | 2,071 |
| Mongolia | - | 55 | 1:53,360 | 4,341 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 53 | 1:64,672 | 2,059 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 50 | 1:694 | 139 |
| Laos | - | 49 | 1:134,426 | 189 |
| Iran | 100% | 47 | 1:1,670,146 | 11,218 |
| Nicaragua | 91% | 46 | 1:130,833 | 4,046 |
| Guam | - | 45 | 1:3,570 | 683 |
| Croatia | 100% | 43 | 1:98,072 | 2,428 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 41 | 1:527,085 | 16,810 |
| Brunei | - | 39 | 1:10,758 | 783 |
| Ethiopia | - | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Macau | - | 34 | 1:17,888 | 344 |
| Monaco | 100% | 34 | 1:1,131 | 236 |
| Yemen | - | 33 | 1:796,871 | 2,936 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 29 | 1:1,885 | 394 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 26 | 1:370,882 | 8,733 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Rwanda | - | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| Hungary | 93% | 24 | 1:407,990 | 1,624 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 22 | 1:143 | 10 |
| Iceland | 100% | 22 | 1:16,637 | 1,246 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 20 | 1:663 | 80 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:2,456 | 492 |
| Greenland | - | 20 | 1:2,819 | 456 |
| Niue | - | 20 | 1:80 | 7 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:1,736 | 389 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 16 | 1:15,214 | 970 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 16 | 1:145 | 8 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Jordan | 66% | 14 | 1:630,484 | 4,306 |
| Ukraine | - | 14 | 1:3,249,993 | 6,792 |
| El Salvador | - | 13 | 1:487,830 | 4,461 |
| Liberia | 86% | 13 | 1:339,389 | 10,356 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:1,513 | 249 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 11 | 1:1,613,350 | 13,838 |
| Nauru | 100% | 11 | 1:1,084 | 171 |
| Belarus | 100% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Algeria | - | 9 | 1:4,241,858 | 9,009 |
| Lebanon | 88% | 9 | 1:625,286 | 7,004 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 9 | 1:648 | 154 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 8 | 1:873,799 | 10,237 |
| Cuba | - | 8 | 1:1,438,319 | 4,450 |
| Montserrat | - | 8 | 1:610 | 61 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 8 | 1:663,758 | 2,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Maldives | - | 6 | 1:72,317 | 2,029 |
| Serbia | - | 5 | 1:1,429,144 | 6,659 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 4 | 1:1,809,201 | 8,869 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Lesotho | - | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Ían (1) & Ián (1) are calculated separately.
Ian (15,061) may also be a surname.
Ian Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
IAIN. This Scottish m. is a variant of John, and Iain—affected by C20 novelists—is the more Gaelic form (cf. Erse Eoin).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Gaelic (masculine) God’s grace, or God’s gift.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Hebrew name, meaning: God’s grace.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ian Forename Popularity
Ian Demographics
Average Ian Salary in
United States
$47,524 USD
Per year
Rank:
154,344 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0261825
Rank: 581 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
109.18%
Sample size: 45,416 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Ian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ian in the Russian language | ||
| Иан | ian | - |
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