Jeffrey Forename
537th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,417,580 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Palau
Jeffrey Forename Definition:
An English variant of Geoffrey.
Jeffrey Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 963,676 | 1:376 | 56 |
| Philippines | 100% | 237,305 | 1:447 | 48 |
| England | 100% | 45,051 | 1:1,234 | 255 |
| South Africa | 100% | 29,107 | 1:1,874 | 298 |
| Canada | 100% | 18,611 | 1:1,780 | 378 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 16,305 | 1:1,037 | 227 |
| Ghana | 100% | 15,732 | 1:1,715 | 309 |
| Australia | - | 7,809 | 1:1,749 | 343 |
| Wales | 100% | 6,674 | 1:464 | 102 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 6,000 | 1:29,594 | 2,620 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 4,766 | 1:1,711 | 202 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4,564 | 1:2,518 | 517 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 4,024 | 1:3,833 | 630 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,951 | 1:17,734 | 2,518 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 3,874 | 1:7,860 | 918 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,776 | 1:13,619 | 1,511 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,347 | 1:109,912 | 12,131 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,859 | 1:5,611 | 799 |
| Namibia | - | 1,838 | 1:1,308 | 272 |
| Kenya | 1% | 1,801 | 1:25,712 | 2,282 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,636 | 1:3,843 | 622 |
| China | - | 1,605 | 1:851,125 | 32,345 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,497 | 1:3,574 | 407 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,431 | 1:14,535 | 2,037 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,340 | 1:22,994 | 3,005 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,289 | 1:3,699 | 532 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,191 | 1:2,421 | 528 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,185 | 1:14,441 | 1,438 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,146 | 1:186,943 | 8,539 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,138 | 1:9,426 | 1,044 |
| Zambia | - | 1,136 | 1:13,957 | 1,364 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,123 | 1:1,677 | 400 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,122 | 1:4,043 | 622 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,100 | 1:144,965 | 8,534 |
| Germany | 100% | 972 | 1:99,463 | 2,114 |
| Poland | 100% | 848 | 1:44,843 | 1,238 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 808 | 1:1,685 | 332 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 804 | 1:2,292 | 359 |
| India | 100% | 740 | 1:1,641,727 | 91,532 |
| Bahamas | - | 694 | 1:575 | 138 |
| Hong Kong | - | 683 | 1:11,351 | 1,164 |
| Barbados | - | 645 | 1:449 | 99 |
| France | 100% | 620 | 1:107,210 | 2,295 |
| Japan | - | 615 | 1:208,107 | 6,980 |
| Malta | - | 489 | 1:878 | 191 |
| Kuwait | - | 484 | 1:7,821 | 975 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 455 | 1:7,803 | 580 |
| Qatar | 100% | 445 | 1:5,325 | 861 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 445 | 1:1,306 | 250 |
| Vanuatu | - | 424 | 1:617 | 151 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 424 | 1:71,231 | 3,658 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 421 | 1:14,295 | 1,267 |
| Guam | - | 412 | 1:390 | 56 |
| Palau | - | 410 | 1:53 | 18 |
| Peru | 99% | 378 | 1:84,104 | 3,278 |
| Ecuador | - | 341 | 1:51,985 | 1,802 |
| Mexico | 99% | 328 | 1:378,489 | 4,895 |
| Spain | 100% | 324 | 1:143,611 | 3,477 |
| Taiwan | 65% | 311 | 1:76,430 | 10,011 |
| Botswana | 100% | 285 | 1:7,665 | 1,181 |
| Congo | 100% | 284 | 1:17,638 | 1,896 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 283 | 1:56,920 | 1,778 |
| Suriname | 100% | 263 | 1:2,102 | 491 |
| Sweden | 100% | 262 | 1:37,626 | 2,184 |
| Honduras | 100% | 257 | 1:34,309 | 1,903 |
| Ireland | 100% | 245 | 1:18,953 | 973 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 240 | 1:34,223 | 1,815 |
| Colombia | 100% | 213 | 1:224,314 | 5,009 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 213 | 1:435 | 74 |
| Swaziland | - | 205 | 1:6,342 | 1,007 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| South Korea | - | 201 | 1:27,584 | 2,333 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 184 | 1:596 | 94 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Panama | 100% | 182 | 1:21,465 | 2,072 |
| Denmark | - | 181 | 1:31,213 | 1,464 |
| Portugal | - | 166 | 1:62,716 | 2,006 |
| Guyana | 100% | 160 | 1:4,770 | 874 |
| Liberia | 100% | 150 | 1:29,414 | 1,827 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 148 | 1:369 | 53 |
| Italy | 98% | 146 | 1:418,233 | 4,714 |
| Chile | 100% | 141 | 1:124,874 | 2,882 |
| Egypt | 100% | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| Micronesia | - | 125 | 1:852 | 134 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 124 | 1:263,093 | 5,978 |
| Lebanon | 97% | 124 | 1:45,384 | 2,257 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 123 | 1:600,224 | 20,154 |
| Uganda | 100% | 115 | 1:356,147 | 9,604 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Norway | 100% | 106 | 1:48,418 | 2,029 |
| Oman | - | 105 | 1:39,130 | 2,332 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 103 | 1:1,083 | 170 |
| Belize | 100% | 95 | 1:3,730 | 814 |
| Iraq | 100% | 92 | 1:380,629 | 4,844 |
| Brunei | 100% | 88 | 1:4,768 | 482 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 85 | 1:721 | 131 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 84 | 1:257,268 | 10,142 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 81 | 1:651,708 | 16,500 |
| Aruba | - | 75 | 1:1,384 | 281 |
| Jersey | 100% | 75 | 1:1,333 | 286 |
| Grenada | 100% | 68 | 1:1,590 | 339 |
| French Polynesia | - | 65 | 1:4,275 | 767 |
| Austria | 100% | 64 | 1:133,034 | 2,429 |
| Bermuda | - | 60 | 1:1,080 | 237 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Greece | 100% | 56 | 1:195,260 | 4,026 |
| Russia | 92% | 48 | 1:3,004,869 | 17,521 |
| Estonia | 100% | 43 | 1:30,590 | 2,187 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| El Salvador | - | 40 | 1:158,545 | 2,603 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 40 | 1:146 | 28 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 37 | 1:4,806 | 808 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 34 | 1:212,847 | 3,351 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 33 | 1:26,396 | 1,486 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 31 | 1:6,269,603 | 54,431 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 30 | 1:1,042 | 231 |
| Czechia | 100% | 28 | 1:380,577 | 2,209 |
| Iran | 100% | 28 | 1:2,803,460 | 14,627 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 28 | 1:20,145 | 1,210 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 27 | 1:2,032 | 465 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 27 | 1:1,285 | 317 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Ethiopia | - | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Latvia | - | 25 | 1:80,626 | 1,731 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 24 | 1:3,859,296 | 3,459 |
| Macau | - | 23 | 1:26,444 | 417 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Iceland | - | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Curaçao | - | 16 | 1:9,738 | 620 |
| Finland | 100% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Hungary | 100% | 15 | 1:652,785 | 2,218 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Benin | 100% | 13 | 1:813,526 | 22,290 |
| Nauru | 100% | 12 | 1:994 | 151 |
| Cambodia | - | 11 | 1:1,479,394 | 19,817 |
| Dominica | - | 11 | 1:6,861 | 344 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 11 | 1:2,097,812 | 47,531 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,404 | 961 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Croatia | 100% | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Belarus | 100% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Bolivia | - | 5 | 1:2,120,281 | 4,345 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 4 | 1:132,288 | 3,925 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 4 | 1:21,256 | 352 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Israel | 97% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
Jeffrey (45,126) may also be a surname.
Jeffrey Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An English variant of Geoffrey.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Teutonic (masculine) - Joyful peace.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Good peace. Some authorities give this as a form of Godfrey.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Jeffrey Forename Popularity
Jeffrey Demographics
Average Male Jeffrey Height
177.08 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 29,175 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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