Innocent Forename
1,059th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 877,959 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Rwanda
Innocent Forename Definition:
From the genitive, innocentis, of Latin innocens, ‘harmless,’ later ‘innocent’. Since it has provided the name of thirteen popes and one anti-pope, it is a mainly Roman Catholic name.
Innocent Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 189,026 | 1:939 | 150 |
| Rwanda | 96% | 146,236 | 1:78 | 3 |
| Uganda | 94% | 92,798 | 1:441 | 86 |
| Malawi | 100% | 92,626 | 1:185 | 18 |
| Burundi | 100% | 76,757 | 1:129 | 7 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 56,696 | 1:931 | 201 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 47,036 | 1:1,570 | 288 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 31,627 | 1:488 | 66 |
| South Africa | 93% | 22,883 | 1:2,383 | 409 |
| Zambia | - | 16,802 | 1:944 | 213 |
| Central African Republic | - | 14,267 | 1:316 | 117 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 12,313 | 1:1,755 | 347 |
| Benin | 100% | 10,356 | 1:1,021 | 226 |
| Ghana | 98% | 10,226 | 1:2,639 | 417 |
| Kenya | 85% | 8,671 | 1:5,340 | 823 |
| Sudan | 50% | 6,148 | 1:6,149 | 934 |
| Haiti | 85% | 5,869 | 1:1,828 | 293 |
| Togo | - | 5,769 | 1:1,255 | 179 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,280 | 1:5,160 | 978 |
| Chad | 100% | 4,325 | 1:3,144 | 457 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 3,687 | 1:6,259 | 712 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,121 | 1:31,259 | 3,674 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2,415 | 1:7,611 | 876 |
| Botswana | 100% | 2,031 | 1:1,076 | 183 |
| Swaziland | - | 1,333 | 1:975 | 246 |
| United States | 92% | 1,180 | 1:307,235 | 9,523 |
| Namibia | - | 967 | 1:2,486 | 453 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Congo | 100% | 875 | 1:5,725 | 819 |
| England | 100% | 769 | 1:72,305 | 3,020 |
| India | 97% | 530 | 1:2,292,223 | 114,353 |
| Gabon | 100% | 521 | 1:3,615 | 786 |
| Egypt | 100% | 369 | 1:249,054 | 8,446 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Mali | 100% | 331 | 1:51,292 | 2,831 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Morocco | - | 218 | 1:157,563 | 4,496 |
| Guinea | 100% | 208 | 1:57,013 | 1,727 |
| France | 96% | 200 | 1:332,352 | 4,347 |
| Canada | 100% | 162 | 1:204,527 | 7,748 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Pakistan | 99% | 122 | 1:1,593,096 | 23,608 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 121 | 1:59,107 | 5,234 |
| Belgium | 100% | 112 | 1:102,590 | 3,502 |
| Brazil | - | 74 | 1:2,895,083 | 54,166 |
| Iceland | - | 70 | 1:5,229 | 613 |
| Netherlands | 66% | 69 | 1:244,958 | 8,419 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 68 | 1:153,401 | 6,921 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 62 | 1:2,868 | 533 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 57 | 1:143,023 | 12,616 |
| Germany | 77% | 52 | 1:1,859,190 | 11,150 |
| Senegal | 100% | 50 | 1:291,627 | 4,915 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 42 | 1:724,999 | 28,233 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 39 | 1:210,602 | 4,800 |
| Gambia | - | 36 | 1:53,517 | 339 |
| Sweden | 100% | 36 | 1:273,831 | 8,577 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 96% | 35 | 1:38,898 | 3,786 |
| Lesotho | 95% | 31 | 1:65,806 | 6,420 |
| China | - | 29 | 1:47,105,372 | 62,105 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Liberia | 100% | 27 | 1:163,410 | 6,165 |
| Scotland | 100% | 26 | 1:205,783 | 3,617 |
| Australia | - | 25 | 1:546,305 | 8,356 |
| Wales | 100% | 25 | 1:123,772 | 2,766 |
| Austria | 100% | 13 | 1:654,939 | 5,517 |
| Italy | 71% | 13 | 1:4,697,084 | 22,664 |
| Niger | 100% | 12 | 1:1,598,666 | 21,232 |
| Russia | - | 12 | 1:12,019,475 | 42,911 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 10 | 1:3,262,352 | 23,137 |
| Grenada | 100% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Philippines | 67% | 9 | 1:11,778,831 | 158,973 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 8 | 1:72,620 | 4,185 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Greece | - | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 4 | 1:79,533 | 2,400 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Turkey | - | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Ireland | 88% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Chile | - | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Spain | - | 3 | 1:15,509,988 | 21,126 |
| Thailand | - | 3 | 1:23,355,271 | 268,869 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Finland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Indonesia | - | 2 | 1:128,981,834 | 1,206,875 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Innoçent (1), Innóçént (1) & Înnôçéñt (1) are calculated separately.
Innocent (178,904) may also be a surname.
Innocent Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From the genitive, innocentis, of Latin innocens, ‘harmless,’ later ‘innocent’. Since it has provided the name of thirteen popes and one anti-pope, it is a mainly Roman Catholic name.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Latin (masculine) - Blameless.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Innocent Forename Popularity
Innocent Demographics
Innocent Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 6 (1901)
Religious Adherence
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