Igor Forename
302nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,051,291 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria
Igor Forename Definition:
A male name. a Russian name of Scandinavian origin (= Ingvarr), sometimes used in England in recent times.
Igor Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 100% | 1,290,706 | 1:112 | 30 |
| Brazil | 100% | 220,699 | 1:971 | 147 |
| Belarus | 100% | 97,643 | 1:97 | 26 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 73,167 | 1:243 | 42 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 40,019 | 1:769 | 174 |
| Poland | 100% | 36,425 | 1:1,044 | 162 |
| Moldova | 100% | 26,863 | 1:133 | 34 |
| United States | 100% | 22,318 | 1:16,244 | 1,443 |
| Central African Republic | - | 22,049 | 1:205 | 56 |
| Croatia | 100% | 16,863 | 1:250 | 60 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 15,335 | 1:346 | 74 |
| Israel | 100% | 13,354 | 1:629 | 122 |
| Serbia | 100% | 12,062 | 1:592 | 139 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 11,696 | 1:468 | 117 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 10,668 | 1:230 | 42 |
| Angola | 100% | 10,122 | 1:2,664 | 491 |
| Germany | 100% | 9,640 | 1:10,029 | 701 |
| Spain | 100% | 9,559 | 1:4,868 | 475 |
| Mozambique | - | 9,120 | 1:2,987 | 632 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 7,586 | 1:1,104 | 213 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 6,873 | 1:69 | 18 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 6,366 | 1:938 | 156 |
| Chile | 63% | 6,280 | 1:2,804 | 363 |
| Estonia | 100% | 5,880 | 1:224 | 20 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,379 | 1:6,160 | 886 |
| Italy | 100% | 4,472 | 1:13,654 | 733 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4,290 | 1:2,484 | 253 |
| Portugal | - | 3,643 | 1:2,858 | 284 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3,196 | 1:654 | 133 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,422 | 1:6,979 | 984 |
| France | 100% | 2,408 | 1:27,604 | 1,102 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 2,259 | 1:1,307 | 247 |
| England | 100% | 1,898 | 1:29,296 | 1,645 |
| Gabon | - | 1,844 | 1:1,021 | 230 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,770 | 1:39,585 | 4,559 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1,757 | 1:2,006 | 492 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,747 | 1:17,288 | 1,534 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1,701 | 1:2,198 | 359 |
| Ukraine | - | 1,466 | 1:31,037 | 440 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,192 | 1:9,639 | 1,055 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,139 | 1:18,973 | 1,744 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,135 | 1:7,237 | 865 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1,062 | 1:6,582 | 776 |
| Australia | - | 1,049 | 1:13,020 | 1,092 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,049 | 1:29,373 | 3,696 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,033 | 1:9,543 | 851 |
| Mexico | 100% | 981 | 1:126,549 | 2,860 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 957 | 1:10,076 | 1,280 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 906 | 1:11,701 | 1,112 |
| Benin | 100% | 896 | 1:11,803 | 1,510 |
| Austria | 100% | 870 | 1:9,786 | 619 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 855 | 1:742 | 174 |
| Peru | 100% | 822 | 1:38,676 | 2,243 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 815 | 1:12,799 | 1,386 |
| Armenia | 99% | 799 | 1:3,653 | 511 |
| Finland | 100% | 791 | 1:6,932 | 682 |
| Egypt | - | 737 | 1:124,696 | 5,337 |
| Congo | 100% | 732 | 1:6,843 | 944 |
| Romania | 100% | 695 | 1:28,852 | 1,897 |
| Togo | - | 659 | 1:10,985 | 1,550 |
| Latvia | 100% | 647 | 1:3,115 | 394 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 616 | 1:119,850 | 6,078 |
| Morocco | - | 519 | 1:66,182 | 2,499 |
| Greece | 100% | 475 | 1:23,020 | 1,078 |
| Ghana | 100% | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 435 | 1:8,162 | 594 |
| Ireland | 100% | 400 | 1:11,609 | 768 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 373 | 1:691,592 | 47,568 |
| Kosovo | - | 367 | 1:5,072 | 904 |
| Norway | 100% | 366 | 1:14,023 | 1,019 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| Hungary | 100% | 353 | 1:27,739 | 456 |
| Chad | 100% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| New Zealand | - | 309 | 1:14,680 | 1,313 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 303 | 1:803 | 190 |
| Argentina | 74% | 301 | 1:142,104 | 2,168 |
| South Africa | 100% | 278 | 1:196,161 | 12,741 |
| Ecuador | - | 264 | 1:67,147 | 2,030 |
| Denmark | - | 244 | 1:23,154 | 1,277 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 233 | 1:99,038 | 6,071 |
| Colombia | 100% | 212 | 1:225,372 | 5,024 |
| Cuba | - | 208 | 1:55,320 | 1,620 |
| Nigeria | 90% | 197 | 1:901,342 | 23,358 |
| China | - | 152 | 1:8,987,209 | 59,552 |
| Panama | 100% | 135 | 1:28,937 | 2,451 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 114 | 1:141,302 | 2,593 |
| Japan | - | 114 | 1:1,122,685 | 15,714 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 102 | 1:70,118 | 5,912 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 98 | 1:187,546 | 8,554 |
| Malta | - | 85 | 1:5,051 | 678 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 73 | 1:7,249 | 857 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 73 | 1:82,443 | 3,137 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 73 | 1:46,954 | 1,757 |
| Philippines | 98% | 71 | 1:1,493,091 | 36,062 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 69 | 1:104,881 | 2,561 |
| Scotland | 97% | 66 | 1:81,066 | 2,072 |
| India | 100% | 65 | 1:18,690,430 | 452,321 |
| Honduras | 100% | 61 | 1:144,549 | 3,963 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 55 | 1:15,838 | 1,140 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 52 | 1:585,576 | 24,305 |
| South Korea | - | 50 | 1:110,888 | 5,437 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 46 | 1:12,262 | 931 |
| Monaco | 100% | 40 | 1:962 | 199 |
| Iraq | - | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 36 | 1:5,398,824 | 50,380 |
| Wales | 100% | 36 | 1:85,953 | 2,290 |
| Gibraltar | - | 32 | 1:1,067 | 230 |
| Mongolia | - | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| Singapore | - | 31 | 1:202,808 | 8,522 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 26 | 1:183,383 | 4,417 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Hong Kong | - | 23 | 1:337,075 | 3,808 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 18 | 1:2,975 | 398 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Afghanistan | - | 15 | 1:2,174,901 | 18,600 |
| Albania | 100% | 15 | 1:203,105 | 10,584 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Qatar | 100% | 13 | 1:182,277 | 21,851 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 13 | 1:7,124,855 | 3,818 |
| El Salvador | - | 12 | 1:528,482 | 4,653 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Senegal | 100% | 9 | 1:1,620,151 | 12,107 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| Tunisia | - | 8 | 1:84,613 | 5,494 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 7 | 1:27,428 | 2,105 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 5 | 1:3,084,763 | 72,050 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| San Marino | 100% | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Ígor (14), Igôr (2), Igòr (1) & Igór (1) are calculated separately.
Igor (8,960) may also be a surname.
Igor Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a Russian name of Scandinavian origin (= Ingvarr), sometimes used in England in recent times.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Igor Forename Popularity
Igor Demographics
Igor Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 4,277 (2014)
United States
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Igor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Igor in the Russian language | ||
| Игорь | igor | - |
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