Jefferson Forename
3,131st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 333,183 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Dominica
Jefferson Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: Son of peace. Surname of president, United States of America.
Jefferson Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 209,409 | 1:1,023 | 154 |
| Philippines | 100% | 48,420 | 1:2,189 | 442 |
| Ecuador | - | 19,239 | 1:921 | 184 |
| United States | 100% | 13,739 | 1:26,387 | 1,924 |
| Liberia | 99% | 6,692 | 1:659 | 133 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5,080 | 1:5,945 | 736 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,598 | 1:10,071 | 1,287 |
| Colombia | 100% | 4,306 | 1:11,096 | 948 |
| Haiti | 100% | 3,009 | 1:3,565 | 533 |
| Peru | 100% | 2,688 | 1:11,827 | 1,235 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,686 | 1:16,006 | 1,324 |
| Angola | - | 1,215 | 1:22,195 | 1,764 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 979 | 1:181,373 | 8,126 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 911 | 1:81,040 | 4,549 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 820 | 1:7,339 | 890 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 779 | 1:6,121 | 706 |
| Spain | 100% | 707 | 1:65,813 | 2,328 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Indonesia | - | 603 | 1:427,800 | 33,732 |
| England | 100% | 471 | 1:118,053 | 4,229 |
| Canada | 100% | 457 | 1:72,502 | 4,189 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 457 | 1:22,826 | 2,053 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 406 | 1:39,676 | 1,528 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 353 | 1:86,260 | 6,309 |
| India | 100% | 295 | 1:4,118,230 | 168,301 |
| Portugal | - | 295 | 1:35,291 | 1,384 |
| Malawi | 100% | 254 | 1:67,371 | 4,127 |
| Zambia | - | 251 | 1:63,167 | 3,617 |
| Chile | 97% | 249 | 1:70,712 | 2,125 |
| South Africa | 100% | 239 | 1:228,170 | 14,124 |
| France | 100% | 233 | 1:285,280 | 3,982 |
| Barbados | - | 223 | 1:1,300 | 303 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 183 | 1:7,439 | 1,186 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 182 | 1:290,046 | 10,298 |
| Dominica | - | 178 | 1:424 | 92 |
| Honduras | 100% | 177 | 1:49,816 | 2,264 |
| Mexico | 100% | 167 | 1:743,380 | 6,932 |
| Congo | 100% | 156 | 1:32,110 | 2,811 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 135 | 1:114,250 | 8,005 |
| China | - | 107 | 1:12,766,876 | 59,847 |
| El Salvador | - | 106 | 1:59,828 | 1,719 |
| Uganda | 100% | 101 | 1:405,514 | 10,315 |
| Belgium | 100% | 95 | 1:120,948 | 3,800 |
| Australia | - | 87 | 1:156,984 | 4,547 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 87 | 1:248,397 | 9,891 |
| Panama | 100% | 85 | 1:45,959 | 3,191 |
| Thailand | 100% | 81 | 1:865,010 | 33,530 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 77 | 1:44,515 | 1,706 |
| Singapore | 100% | 74 | 1:84,960 | 7,205 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 72 | 1:330,134 | 23,033 |
| Jamaica | - | 70 | 1:41,189 | 2,512 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 69 | 1:103,652 | 8,241 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| New Zealand | - | 52 | 1:87,232 | 3,887 |
| Germany | 100% | 50 | 1:1,933,558 | 11,368 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 49 | 1:344,940 | 10,093 |
| Micronesia | - | 48 | 1:2,219 | 327 |
| Qatar | 100% | 41 | 1:57,795 | 7,275 |
| Botswana | 100% | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Guyana | 100% | 37 | 1:20,629 | 2,526 |
| Grenada | 100% | 35 | 1:3,089 | 583 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,507 | 215 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 31 | 1:5,736 | 925 |
| Italy | 100% | 29 | 1:2,105,589 | 14,372 |
| Sweden | 100% | 27 | 1:365,108 | 10,445 |
| Belize | 100% | 26 | 1:13,627 | 1,804 |
| Central African Republic | - | 25 | 1:180,616 | 330 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:24,207 | 1,862 |
| Hong Kong | - | 23 | 1:337,075 | 3,808 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 23 | 1:4,851 | 855 |
| Scotland | 100% | 23 | 1:232,625 | 3,902 |
| Papua New Guinea | 89% | 22 | 1:370,560 | 29,207 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Nauru | 100% | 20 | 1:596 | 73 |
| Japan | - | 19 | 1:6,736,108 | 30,453 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 19 | 1:296,188 | 5,053 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 18 | 1:402,045 | 4,475 |
| Oman | - | 15 | 1:273,911 | 3,812 |
| Wales | 100% | 15 | 1:206,287 | 3,673 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 14 | 1:1,648,281 | 41,086 |
| Ireland | 100% | 12 | 1:386,960 | 5,608 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Russia | 86% | 11 | 1:13,112,155 | 45,377 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 9 | 1:912,611 | 11,192 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 7 | 1:8,757 | 1,332 |
| Israel | 88% | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Anguilla | - | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Norway | - | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Finland | 50% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Jéfferson (47) & Jeffersón (4) are calculated separately.
Jefferson (76,349) may also be a surname.
Jefferson Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: Son of peace. Surname of president, United States of America.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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