Ines Forename
1,074th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 869,560 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Tunisia
Ines Forename Definition:
INEZ. Occasionally used in England, these forms are an approximation to Spanish Iñez, which corresponds to our English Agnes, itself probably an approximation to French Agnés, which represents Latin agnus. The early C14 Castilian and Portuguese Inez de Castro, of the tragic death, has been celebrated by Camoens and Landor.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 90% | 96,368 | 1:1,288 | 241 |
| Germany | 100% | 94,631 | 1:1,022 | 229 |
| Brazil | 100% | 70,230 | 1:3,050 | 450 |
| Spain | 100% | 66,413 | 1:701 | 131 |
| Argentina | 99% | 66,155 | 1:647 | 154 |
| Colombia | 100% | 57,117 | 1:837 | 136 |
| Italy | 100% | 31,885 | 1:1,915 | 277 |
| Burundi | 89% | 31,137 | 1:318 | 63 |
| Chile | 100% | 30,637 | 1:575 | 130 |
| Peru | 99% | 30,549 | 1:1,041 | 212 |
| Ecuador | - | 29,850 | 1:594 | 124 |
| Angola | 100% | 27,937 | 1:965 | 198 |
| Mozambique | - | 26,399 | 1:1,032 | 222 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 26,091 | 1:1,158 | 184 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 18,877 | 1:562 | 127 |
| United States | 100% | 17,693 | 1:20,490 | 1,651 |
| Portugal | - | 14,869 | 1:700 | 118 |
| Cuba | - | 13,846 | 1:831 | 192 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 8,943 | 1:1,272 | 269 |
| Guatemala | 65% | 7,794 | 1:2,067 | 371 |
| Croatia | 100% | 7,032 | 1:600 | 151 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 5,906 | 1:1,766 | 279 |
| Philippines | 99% | 5,298 | 1:20,009 | 2,091 |
| El Salvador | - | 4,980 | 1:1,273 | 218 |
| Honduras | 100% | 4,800 | 1:1,837 | 315 |
| Nicaragua | 69% | 4,540 | 1:1,326 | 255 |
| France | 100% | 4,499 | 1:14,774 | 788 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,800 | 1:5,687 | 838 |
| Austria | 100% | 3,769 | 1:2,259 | 305 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,447 | 1:1,133 | 212 |
| Benin | 100% | 3,411 | 1:3,101 | 618 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 3,363 | 1:1,019 | 187 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,958 | 1:2,777 | 482 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 2,861 | 1:859 | 221 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,699 | 1:4,257 | 696 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 2,691 | 1:27,435 | 2,067 |
| Morocco | 100% | 2,511 | 1:13,679 | 974 |
| Indonesia | 91% | 2,479 | 1:104,060 | 11,601 |
| Costa Rica | 97% | 2,463 | 1:1,936 | 354 |
| Tunisia | 94% | 2,176 | 1:311 | 39 |
| Ivory Coast | 94% | 2,097 | 1:11,004 | 1,156 |
| Gabon | - | 1,804 | 1:1,044 | 241 |
| Algeria | 96% | 1,720 | 1:22,196 | 1,240 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,430 | 1:11,820 | 1,345 |
| England | 95% | 1,369 | 1:40,616 | 2,063 |
| Poland | 99% | 1,367 | 1:27,818 | 906 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,366 | 1:51,293 | 5,446 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 1,353 | 1:5,349 | 743 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,345 | 1:68,328 | 3,544 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 1,124 | 1:16,352 | 1,580 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,013 | 1:32,708 | 2,511 |
| Chad | 100% | 989 | 1:13,750 | 2,154 |
| Israel | 99% | 973 | 1:8,636 | 1,166 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 883 | 1:4,021 | 408 |
| Sweden | 100% | 704 | 1:14,003 | 1,104 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Congo | 100% | 620 | 1:8,079 | 1,090 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Tanzania | 89% | 397 | 1:132,968 | 6,592 |
| Albania | 97% | 265 | 1:11,496 | 1,738 |
| Romania | 100% | 245 | 1:81,845 | 3,858 |
| Finland | 100% | 225 | 1:24,370 | 1,230 |
| South Africa | 93% | 224 | 1:243,449 | 14,737 |
| Estonia | 100% | 208 | 1:6,324 | 869 |
| Serbia | 100% | 197 | 1:36,273 | 1,743 |
| Australia | - | 188 | 1:72,647 | 3,014 |
| Zambia | - | 165 | 1:96,090 | 4,639 |
| India | 84% | 155 | 1:7,837,922 | 256,521 |
| Malawi | - | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Belize | 100% | 146 | 1:2,427 | 551 |
| Norway | 100% | 141 | 1:36,399 | 1,695 |
| Senegal | 100% | 137 | 1:106,433 | 2,952 |
| Czechia | 80% | 131 | 1:81,345 | 1,048 |
| Denmark | - | 108 | 1:52,310 | 1,958 |
| Bulgaria | 98% | 102 | 1:68,533 | 2,904 |
| Russia | 96% | 101 | 1:1,428,056 | 10,849 |
| China | - | 94 | 1:14,532,508 | 59,980 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 85 | 1:41,464 | 2,167 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| New Zealand | - | 77 | 1:58,910 | 3,027 |
| French Polynesia | - | 76 | 1:3,657 | 697 |
| Haiti | 100% | 73 | 1:146,945 | 7,328 |
| Namibia | - | 67 | 1:35,883 | 2,569 |
| Cape Verde | - | 61 | 1:8,675 | 957 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 60 | 1:10,576 | 1,138 |
| Greece | 100% | 58 | 1:188,527 | 3,943 |
| Ireland | 100% | 56 | 1:82,920 | 2,231 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 51 | 1:742 | 168 |
| Scotland | 99% | 51 | 1:104,909 | 2,453 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 50 | 1:608,999 | 24,959 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 49 | 1:23,218 | 211 |
| Qatar | 100% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 48 | 1:5,628 | 744 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 46 | 1:155,478 | 10,347 |
| Malta | - | 45 | 1:9,541 | 977 |
| Andorra | - | 43 | 1:1,928 | 240 |
| Wales | 76% | 40 | 1:77,358 | 2,170 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 38 | 1:5,053 | 811 |
| Hong Kong | - | 37 | 1:209,533 | 3,304 |
| Guinea | - | 36 | 1:329,407 | 2,846 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 36 | 1:428,439 | 20,391 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 32 | 1:742,803 | 33,666 |
| South Korea | 100% | 31 | 1:178,852 | 7,173 |
| San Marino | 100% | 27 | 1:1,219 | 223 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Kosovo | - | 23 | 1:80,932 | 4,904 |
| Singapore | 100% | 23 | 1:273,350 | 9,239 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 18 | 1:452,906 | 34,619 |
| Armenia | 100% | 17 | 1:171,691 | 3,368 |
| Japan | - | 17 | 1:7,528,592 | 31,633 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 17 | 1:312,357 | 1,700 |
| Turkey | 100% | 16 | 1:4,862,607 | 22,291 |
| Macau | - | 15 | 1:40,547 | 508 |
| Iran | - | 14 | 1:5,606,919 | 20,569 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Jersey | - | 11 | 1:9,089 | 812 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 11 | 1:28,921 | 1,845 |
| Hungary | 100% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Jordan | 92% | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 7 | 1:2,535,264 | 17,782 |
| Oman | - | 7 | 1:586,952 | 5,255 |
| Belarus | 100% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Pakistan | 85% | 6 | 1:32,392,947 | 130,865 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Nigeria | 75% | 5 | 1:35,512,872 | 242,191 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Georgia | 83% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Iraq | 100% | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Niger | 100% | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Luxembourg | - | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Grenada | - | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Inês (98,094), Inés (5,380), Inès (4,352) & Ínés (2) are calculated separately.
Ines (20,447) may also be a surname.
Ines Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
INEZ. Occasionally used in England, these forms are an approximation to Spanish Iñez, which corresponds to our English Agnes, itself probably an approximation to French Agnés, which represents Latin agnus. The early C14 Castilian and Portuguese Inez de Castro, of the tragic death, has been celebrated by Camoens and Landor.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Ines Forename Popularity
Ines Demographics
Ines Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 5 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Ines Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ines in the Russian language | ||
| Инес | ines | - |
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