Joan Forename
421st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,652,478 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Andorra
Joan Forename Definition:
A female name. the most usual f. form of John (q.v.). Jehane or Jehanne became suddenly common in the 12th C in the south of France. The usual English form Jhone, Johan came into use soon after and was very common in the ensuing centuries together with its diminutive Jonet.
Read More About This ForenameJoan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 679,758 | 1:533 | 97 |
| England | 100% | 206,446 | 1:269 | 46 |
| Philippines | 92% | 165,338 | 1:641 | 101 |
| Kenya | 100% | 101,047 | 1:458 | 85 |
| Spain | 99% | 80,914 | 1:575 | 114 |
| Uganda | 99% | 72,492 | 1:565 | 108 |
| Canada | 100% | 60,928 | 1:544 | 107 |
| Syria | - | 20,850 | 1:926 | 179 |
| South Africa | 100% | 17,902 | 1:3,046 | 568 |
| Ireland | 99% | 17,858 | 1:260 | 46 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 13,236 | 1:13,415 | 1,601 |
| Scotland | 100% | 13,029 | 1:411 | 90 |
| Venezuela | 97% | 11,279 | 1:2,678 | 395 |
| Iraq | 98% | 11,095 | 1:3,156 | 481 |
| Wales | 100% | 10,639 | 1:291 | 60 |
| Jamaica | - | 10,294 | 1:280 | 21 |
| Australia | - | 10,220 | 1:1,336 | 278 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9,214 | 1:2,929 | 451 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 7,719 | 1:2,190 | 435 |
| New Zealand | - | 7,626 | 1:595 | 138 |
| Denmark | - | 7,593 | 1:744 | 167 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 7,092 | 1:1,471 | 237 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6,082 | 1:303 | 65 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 5,927 | 1:8,906 | 1,222 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5,036 | 1:4,291 | 709 |
| Mexico | 95% | 4,892 | 1:25,377 | 1,380 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93% | 4,619 | 1:1,765 | 210 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,372 | 1:1,621 | 330 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4,138 | 1:7,446 | 1,128 |
| Zambia | - | 3,607 | 1:4,396 | 642 |
| Brazil | 99% | 3,549 | 1:60,365 | 4,023 |
| Rwanda | - | 3,384 | 1:3,360 | 662 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3,073 | 1:15,548 | 1,178 |
| Andorra | - | 2,964 | 1:28 | 3 |
| France | 81% | 2,787 | 1:23,850 | 1,010 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,504 | 1:544 | 57 |
| Peru | 79% | 2,441 | 1:13,024 | 1,292 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| Chile | 75% | 2,247 | 1:7,836 | 657 |
| Indonesia | 50% | 2,122 | 1:121,566 | 13,171 |
| Malawi | 87% | 1,988 | 1:8,608 | 1,011 |
| Sudan | - | 1,983 | 1:19,066 | 1,940 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 1,715 | 1:17,755 | 1,823 |
| Lebanon | 68% | 1,494 | 1:3,767 | 619 |
| Zimbabwe | 90% | 1,472 | 1:10,478 | 1,386 |
| Poland | 93% | 1,461 | 1:26,028 | 866 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,414 | 1:282 | 42 |
| Barbados | - | 1,393 | 1:208 | 23 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,366 | 1:559 | 43 |
| China | - | 1,319 | 1:1,035,675 | 34,615 |
| Germany | 89% | 1,287 | 1:75,119 | 1,781 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,168 | 1:473 | 47 |
| Belgium | 99% | 1,164 | 1:9,871 | 1,069 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,065 | 1:3,334 | 359 |
| India | 74% | 1,020 | 1:1,191,057 | 73,680 |
| Thailand | 53% | 890 | 1:78,726 | 7,224 |
| Liberia | 96% | 860 | 1:5,130 | 604 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 825 | 1:704 | 141 |
| Qatar | 88% | 777 | 1:3,050 | 441 |
| Costa Rica | 75% | 731 | 1:6,523 | 737 |
| Singapore | 95% | 700 | 1:8,982 | 1,622 |
| Egypt | 67% | 694 | 1:132,422 | 5,546 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| Dominica | - | 627 | 1:120 | 24 |
| Ecuador | - | 607 | 1:29,204 | 1,396 |
| Samoa | - | 593 | 1:329 | 87 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 578 | 1:41,124 | 6,552 |
| Malta | - | 540 | 1:795 | 177 |
| Panama | 100% | 524 | 1:7,455 | 1,105 |
| Jersey | - | 522 | 1:192 | 30 |
| Sweden | 66% | 468 | 1:21,064 | 1,455 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Albania | 99% | 418 | 1:7,288 | 1,273 |
| Israel | 79% | 416 | 1:20,199 | 1,904 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Hong Kong | - | 411 | 1:18,863 | 2,061 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 404 | 1:440 | 43 |
| Gabon | 100% | 401 | 1:4,697 | 951 |
| Switzerland | 95% | 397 | 1:20,689 | 1,433 |
| Japan | 100% | 346 | 1:369,902 | 9,538 |
| Fiji | - | 345 | 1:2,587 | 730 |
| Belize | 100% | 332 | 1:1,067 | 214 |
| Portugal | - | 332 | 1:31,358 | 1,279 |
| Grenada | 99% | 297 | 1:364 | 32 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 291 | 1:11,779 | 824 |
| Norway | 100% | 290 | 1:17,698 | 1,130 |
| Faroe Islands | 62% | 276 | 1:178 | 10 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 272 | 1:403 | 49 |
| Namibia | - | 250 | 1:9,617 | 1,189 |
| Greece | 100% | 244 | 1:44,814 | 1,626 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 239 | 1:416 | 29 |
| Italy | 50% | 238 | 1:256,563 | 3,390 |
| Nicaragua | 55% | 237 | 1:25,394 | 1,716 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99% | 220 | 1:507 | 34 |
| Honduras | 100% | 219 | 1:40,262 | 2,039 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 211 | 1:76,343 | 1,986 |
| Cuba | - | 194 | 1:59,312 | 1,655 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| Kuwait | - | 161 | 1:23,511 | 2,397 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 158 | 1:67,097 | 2,188 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 156 | 1:393 | 44 |
| Bermuda | - | 143 | 1:453 | 63 |
| Micronesia | - | 141 | 1:755 | 121 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Austria | 100% | 135 | 1:63,068 | 1,686 |
| Argentina | 59% | 132 | 1:324,040 | 3,056 |
| Jordan | 94% | 118 | 1:74,803 | 1,826 |
| Haiti | 100% | 116 | 1:92,474 | 5,373 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 114 | 1:481 | 58 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 107 | 1:1,456 | 386 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 99 | 1:8,799 | 817 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| French Polynesia | - | 86 | 1:3,231 | 629 |
| Aruba | - | 83 | 1:1,250 | 254 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 80 | 1:434 | 55 |
| Botswana | 100% | 74 | 1:29,520 | 3,260 |
| Palestine | 96% | 70 | 1:65,001 | 1,625 |
| Guernsey | - | 63 | 1:1,005 | 214 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 61 | 1:4,429 | 651 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 57 | 1:548 | 73 |
| South Korea | - | 56 | 1:99,008 | 5,063 |
| Russia | 73% | 50 | 1:2,884,674 | 17,015 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 46 | 1:1,188 | 244 |
| Seychelles | - | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Estonia | 100% | 40 | 1:32,884 | 2,271 |
| Finland | 81% | 40 | 1:137,080 | 2,784 |
| El Salvador | - | 39 | 1:162,610 | 2,629 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 32 | 1:414 | 18 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 31 | 1:230,709 | 14,681 |
| Marshall Islands | 95% | 27 | 1:1,897 | 291 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 27 | 1:216 | 60 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Congo | 67% | 25 | 1:200,368 | 6,244 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 25 | 1:83,630 | 4,404 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Serbia | 100% | 25 | 1:285,829 | 4,007 |
| Iceland | - | 23 | 1:15,914 | 1,219 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 23 | 1:13,832 | 1,340 |
| Pakistan | 75% | 23 | 1:8,450,334 | 65,173 |
| Benin | 100% | 22 | 1:480,720 | 16,166 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 20 | 1:28,202 | 1,466 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 15 | 1:6,174,874 | 3,722 |
| Turkey | 83% | 14 | 1:5,557,265 | 23,905 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Paraguay | 89% | 12 | 1:603,067 | 5,347 |
| Czechia | 77% | 11 | 1:968,742 | 3,396 |
| Ivory Coast | 57% | 10 | 1:2,307,593 | 50,152 |
| Monaco | 100% | 10 | 1:3,847 | 675 |
| Montserrat | - | 10 | 1:488 | 37 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:2,017 | 319 |
| Macau | - | 9 | 1:67,579 | 641 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Georgia | 75% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Hungary | 77% | 4 | 1:2,447,943 | 4,263 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Armenia | 50% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Brunei | - | 3 | 1:139,857 | 2,352 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Slovenia | - | 3 | 1:819,586 | 6,243 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Jóan (20), Joân (18), Joán (6), Joàn (3) & Joañ (1) are calculated separately.
Joan (8,409) may also be a surname.
Joan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the most usual f. form of John (q.v.). Jehane or Jehanne became suddenly common in the 12th C in the south of France. The usual English form Jhone, Johan came into use soon after and was very common in the ensuing centuries together with its diminutive Jonet. By the 16th C it was the third commonest English female name and was apparently considered vulgar (e.g. Shakespeare’s ‘greasy Joan doth keel the pot’) and was largely superseded by Jane tq.v.) which had developed from Jehane, whereas Joan came from Johan. Joan was revived at the beginning of the present century (Jane having been overtaken by the fate which had earlier befallen Joan) and is once more a favourite name.
Johanna Curia Regis Rolls 1189-1230, Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Johan Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Johne Lincs 1459 Johna, Jahan 15th-C Brut. Ione Lincs 1535. Jonet Lincs 1450.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A contraction of Johanna, this pretty name is now used without reference to its original (now out of fashion).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name. Like the French male name Joan, formed from root of John.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Joan Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 160,607 (2014)
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