Ivan Forename
101st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,893,780 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Bulgaria
Ivan Forename Definition:
The Russian form of John, Ivan was fairly common in C19- early 20, but it has, in the British Empire, been rarely bestowed since the Russian Revolution of 1917. Cf. Boris.
Ivan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 100% | 1,833,513 | 1:79 | 18 |
| Mexico | 100% | 173,881 | 1:714 | 139 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 167,474 | 1:42 | 2 |
| Brazil | 100% | 150,833 | 1:1,420 | 220 |
| Spain | 100% | 137,321 | 1:339 | 65 |
| United States | 100% | 99,558 | 1:3,641 | 592 |
| Croatia | 100% | 94,926 | 1:44 | 2 |
| Uganda | 99% | 93,956 | 1:436 | 83 |
| Belarus | 99% | 91,134 | 1:104 | 29 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 85,528 | 1:207 | 34 |
| Colombia | 100% | 81,228 | 1:588 | 100 |
| Moldova | 100% | 67,874 | 1:52 | 7 |
| Serbia | 100% | 48,355 | 1:148 | 26 |
| Chile | 100% | 45,883 | 1:384 | 85 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 41,740 | 1:6,180 | 804 |
| Ecuador | - | 35,687 | 1:497 | 99 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 35,342 | 1:855 | 133 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 34,430 | 1:154 | 31 |
| Italy | 100% | 33,025 | 1:1,849 | 274 |
| Peru | 100% | 30,353 | 1:1,047 | 215 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 28,584 | 1:124 | 24 |
| Uzbekistan | 98% | 25,114 | 1:1,226 | 272 |
| Czechia | 100% | 24,505 | 1:435 | 106 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 21,345 | 1:115 | 6 |
| Philippines | 98% | 21,150 | 1:5,012 | 850 |
| Canada | 100% | 20,747 | 1:1,597 | 346 |
| England | 100% | 20,549 | 1:2,706 | 391 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 19,622 | 1:180 | 10 |
| Cuba | - | 19,492 | 1:590 | 146 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 19,069 | 1:556 | 125 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18,977 | 1:2,874 | 516 |
| Argentina | 100% | 16,412 | 1:2,606 | 316 |
| Germany | 100% | 12,630 | 1:7,655 | 624 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 12,327 | 1:922 | 214 |
| Belgium | 100% | 10,271 | 1:1,119 | 266 |
| Transnistria | 99% | 9,141 | 1:52 | 12 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 8,562 | 1:1,218 | 191 |
| Australia | - | 7,012 | 1:1,948 | 378 |
| Turkmenistan | 96% | 6,706 | 1:816 | 210 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 6,558 | 1:1,081 | 233 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 6,275 | 1:952 | 158 |
| Poland | 100% | 5,984 | 1:6,355 | 349 |
| Tajikistan | 99% | 5,966 | 1:1,404 | 274 |
| France | 100% | 5,852 | 1:11,359 | 685 |
| Ghana | 100% | 5,731 | 1:4,709 | 605 |
| Denmark | - | 5,604 | 1:1,008 | 213 |
| Panama | 100% | 5,540 | 1:705 | 101 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5,434 | 1:1,108 | 214 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 5,417 | 1:545 | 150 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 5,183 | 1:1,585 | 326 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4,678 | 1:1,019 | 220 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4,634 | 1:11,392 | 1,409 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,579 | 1:630 | 151 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,522 | 1:1,003 | 236 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 4,452 | 1:3,618 | 517 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 4,405 | 1:475 | 88 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,197 | 1:16,694 | 2,412 |
| Angola | 100% | 4,184 | 1:6,445 | 896 |
| Honduras | 100% | 4,012 | 1:2,198 | 372 |
| Sweden | 99% | 3,705 | 1:2,661 | 376 |
| Sudan | 100% | 3,371 | 1:11,215 | 1,335 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,895 | 1:5,838 | 854 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,861 | 1:7,270 | 1,162 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,847 | 1:16,265 | 1,734 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,729 | 1:3,120 | 352 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,621 | 1:2,420 | 329 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 2,585 | 1:3,154 | 349 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 2,577 | 1:441 | 118 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,445 | 1:770 | 156 |
| Greece | 100% | 2,332 | 1:4,689 | 374 |
| China | - | 2,239 | 1:610,119 | 28,417 |
| India | 84% | 2,231 | 1:544,544 | 42,652 |
| Namibia | - | 2,069 | 1:1,162 | 242 |
| Ireland | 99% | 2,066 | 1:2,248 | 322 |
| Bangladesh | - | 2,016 | 1:79,098 | 5,826 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,975 | 1:15,418 | 1,612 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1,961 | 1:324 | 73 |
| Malta | - | 1,727 | 1:249 | 41 |
| Israel | 87% | 1,719 | 1:4,888 | 829 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,707 | 1:1,080 | 220 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 1,698 | 1:4,262 | 672 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1,515 | 1:868 | 207 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,492 | 1:3,440 | 498 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,484 | 1:5,224 | 411 |
| Singapore | 99% | 1,432 | 1:4,390 | 738 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,425 | 1:15,165 | 1,522 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,326 | 1:2,585 | 333 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,264 | 1:15,864 | 1,207 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,224 | 1:25,174 | 3,238 |
| Armenia | 99% | 1,097 | 1:2,661 | 438 |
| Kosovo | - | 1,015 | 1:1,834 | 434 |
| Azerbaijan | 98% | 1,005 | 1:9,595 | 1,248 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 966 | 1:76,426 | 4,362 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 909 | 1:195,340 | 8,555 |
| Egypt | 100% | 846 | 1:108,630 | 4,869 |
| Malawi | 94% | 804 | 1:21,284 | 1,901 |
| Scotland | 100% | 753 | 1:7,105 | 584 |
| Morocco | - | 682 | 1:50,365 | 2,091 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 657 | 1:23,476 | 2,498 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 646 | 1:2,107 | 416 |
| Ukraine | - | 571 | 1:79,685 | 754 |
| Oman | - | 530 | 1:7,752 | 983 |
| Guyana | 100% | 523 | 1:1,459 | 266 |
| Cape Verde | - | 518 | 1:1,022 | 162 |
| Suriname | 100% | 510 | 1:1,084 | 210 |
| Bahamas | - | 498 | 1:802 | 205 |
| Finland | 100% | 463 | 1:11,843 | 864 |
| Congo | 100% | 433 | 1:11,569 | 1,419 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 406 | 1:384 | 98 |
| Belize | 100% | 399 | 1:888 | 168 |
| Japan | - | 376 | 1:340,388 | 9,154 |
| Barbados | - | 372 | 1:779 | 182 |
| Wales | 100% | 347 | 1:8,917 | 776 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 341 | 1:20,974 | 2,140 |
| Hungary | 100% | 338 | 1:28,970 | 462 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Georgia | 100% | 328 | 1:11,398 | 997 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Zambia | - | 285 | 1:55,631 | 3,355 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Samoa | - | 228 | 1:856 | 261 |
| Botswana | 100% | 227 | 1:9,623 | 1,390 |
| Liberia | 99% | 222 | 1:19,874 | 1,383 |
| Algeria | - | 204 | 1:187,141 | 3,109 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 184 | 1:74 | 25 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Aruba | - | 171 | 1:607 | 89 |
| Iraq | 100% | 164 | 1:213,524 | 3,603 |
| Qatar | 100% | 161 | 1:14,718 | 2,295 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 161 | 1:682 | 120 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Latvia | - | 135 | 1:14,931 | 808 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 120 | 1:192,299 | 9,675 |
| Albania | 99% | 119 | 1:25,601 | 2,978 |
| Taiwan | 57% | 114 | 1:208,506 | 18,221 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 112 | 1:996 | 144 |
| Mongolia | 88% | 110 | 1:26,680 | 2,817 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 99 | 1:1,004 | 181 |
| Andorra | - | 86 | 1:964 | 150 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 84 | 1:653 | 101 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 82 | 1:3,295 | 532 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 81 | 1:6,964 | 654 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 79 | 1:7,354 | 792 |
| Turkey | 72% | 78 | 1:997,458 | 9,976 |
| San Marino | 100% | 74 | 1:445 | 117 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 66 | 1:3,688 | 481 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 66 | 1:2,694 | 508 |
| French Polynesia | - | 65 | 1:4,275 | 767 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 65 | 1:2,990,118 | 35,399 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 63 | 1:13,827 | 1,073 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Guam | - | 56 | 1:2,869 | 587 |
| Dominica | - | 55 | 1:1,372 | 247 |
| South Korea | - | 54 | 1:102,674 | 5,187 |
| Brunei | - | 52 | 1:8,069 | 674 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Ethiopia | - | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Libya | - | 49 | 1:126,965 | 743 |
| Vietnam | - | 49 | 1:1,890,268 | 3,114 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 48 | 1:1,277 | 288 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 46 | 1:1,188 | 244 |
| Gibraltar | - | 45 | 1:759 | 158 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:710 | 125 |
| Greenland | - | 41 | 1:1,375 | 278 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 40 | 1:815,588 | 11,016 |
| Iceland | 100% | 40 | 1:9,150 | 869 |
| Burundi | 100% | 36 | 1:275,182 | 656 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Benin | 100% | 33 | 1:320,480 | 12,667 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,489 | 320 |
| Macau | - | 32 | 1:19,007 | 359 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 32 | 1:6,000 | 891 |
| Bermuda | - | 28 | 1:2,315 | 496 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 27 | 1:680,721 | 21,030 |
| Grenada | 94% | 27 | 1:4,005 | 688 |
| Monaco | 100% | 26 | 1:1,479 | 318 |
| Jersey | - | 24 | 1:4,166 | 545 |
| Jordan | - | 24 | 1:367,782 | 3,366 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Haiti | 100% | 19 | 1:564,576 | 12,776 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 17 | 1:2,042 | 490 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Mauritius | - | 12 | 1:108,149 | 3,359 |
| Syria | - | 11 | 1:1,755,098 | 3,737 |
| Maldives | 100% | 10 | 1:43,390 | 1,460 |
| Tunisia | - | 10 | 1:67,690 | 3,091 |
| Chad | - | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 9 | 1:4,206 | 452 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Montserrat | - | 9 | 1:542 | 45 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Cambodia | - | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Isle of Man | - | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 6 | 1:972 | 199 |
| Senegal | 100% | 6 | 1:2,430,226 | 14,702 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Nauru | 100% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:106,044 | 2,485 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Iván (11,451), Ivàn (69), Ívan (4), Ivãn (2), Íván (1) & Íváń (1) are calculated separately.
Ivan (66,752) may also be a surname.
Ivan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The Russian form of John, Ivan was fairly common in C19- early 20, but it has, in the British Empire, been rarely bestowed since the Russian Revolution of 1917. Cf. Boris.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Sclavonic (masculine) God’s grace, or God’s gift.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Hebrew name, meaning: Divine grace. Some authorities give this as the Russian form of John.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ivan Forename Popularity
Ivan Demographics
Average Ivan Salary in
United States
$42,560 USD
Per year
Rank:
217,292 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0256926
Rank: 589 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
97.77%
Sample size: 49,765 (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
Ivan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ivan in the Russian language | ||
| Иван | ivan | - |
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