Jonas Forename
1,290th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 736,816 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Lithuania
Jonas Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘dove’, Jonas is the Greek form of the name. The story of the prophet Jonah was a favourite one in the Middle Ages, and Jonas is occasionally found in the 12th and 13th C. It became relatively popular after the Reformation, usually in the form Jonah, but is now seldom used.
Read More About This ForenameJonas Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 174,602 | 1:1,227 | 190 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 71,873 | 1:1,027 | 201 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 65,076 | 1:45 | 1 |
| Sweden | 100% | 37,132 | 1:265 | 41 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 36,412 | 1:1,450 | 302 |
| Haiti | 100% | 26,529 | 1:404 | 47 |
| Mozambique | - | 23,040 | 1:1,182 | 260 |
| Philippines | 98% | 22,821 | 1:4,645 | 790 |
| Ghana | 100% | 20,283 | 1:1,330 | 264 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 19,928 | 1:1,084 | 222 |
| South Africa | 100% | 17,755 | 1:3,071 | 572 |
| Benin | 100% | 15,127 | 1:699 | 135 |
| Denmark | - | 13,324 | 1:424 | 107 |
| United States | 100% | 12,987 | 1:27,915 | 1,993 |
| Zambia | - | 12,274 | 1:1,292 | 275 |
| Central African Republic | - | 10,376 | 1:435 | 180 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 9,669 | 1:1,176 | 251 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9,414 | 1:1,052 | 342 |
| Germany | 100% | 9,045 | 1:10,689 | 719 |
| Angola | 100% | 8,368 | 1:3,223 | 562 |
| Namibia | - | 8,248 | 1:291 | 44 |
| Malawi | 99% | 7,488 | 1:2,285 | 434 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 7,446 | 1:23,847 | 2,290 |
| Mexico | 99% | 6,787 | 1:18,292 | 1,177 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5,124 | 1:2,242 | 480 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,918 | 1:1,441 | 297 |
| Uganda | 88% | 4,818 | 1:8,501 | 898 |
| Norway | 100% | 4,764 | 1:1,077 | 241 |
| Guinea | 100% | 4,059 | 1:2,922 | 339 |
| Congo | 100% | 3,257 | 1:1,538 | 254 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3,254 | 1:7,092 | 802 |
| Czechia | 98% | 3,082 | 1:3,458 | 287 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2,911 | 1:5,298 | 810 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,850 | 1:10,597 | 1,105 |
| Togo | - | 2,802 | 1:2,584 | 421 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2,739 | 1:6,710 | 810 |
| Peru | 99% | 2,664 | 1:11,934 | 1,240 |
| Sudan | - | 2,578 | 1:14,665 | 1,593 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,545 | 1:18,283 | 1,112 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,543 | 1:38,364 | 4,143 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,490 | 1:103,600 | 11,561 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,240 | 1:3,667 | 576 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,155 | 1:32,513 | 3,948 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,915 | 1:7,101 | 1,149 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,615 | 1:3,395 | 485 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,604 | 1:1,174 | 272 |
| France | 100% | 1,394 | 1:47,683 | 1,478 |
| England | 100% | 1,326 | 1:41,933 | 2,115 |
| India | 100% | 1,261 | 1:963,424 | 63,813 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,224 | 1:27,070 | 2,230 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,153 | 1:41,439 | 2,058 |
| Portugal | - | 1,144 | 1:9,100 | 572 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,061 | 1:15,930 | 1,669 |
| Micronesia | - | 933 | 1:114 | 26 |
| Poland | 96% | 801 | 1:47,475 | 1,298 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 778 | 1:13,408 | 1,426 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 733 | 1:217,546 | 10,835 |
| Mali | 100% | 663 | 1:25,607 | 1,686 |
| Australia | - | 659 | 1:20,725 | 1,433 |
| Chile | 96% | 652 | 1:27,005 | 1,279 |
| Ecuador | - | 594 | 1:29,843 | 1,407 |
| Morocco | - | 546 | 1:62,910 | 2,404 |
| Argentina | 99% | 543 | 1:78,772 | 1,695 |
| Kenya | 100% | 511 | 1:90,621 | 4,965 |
| Honduras | 100% | 467 | 1:18,881 | 1,411 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 407 | 1:26,048 | 1,582 |
| Botswana | 100% | 380 | 1:5,749 | 942 |
| El Salvador | - | 324 | 1:19,573 | 1,044 |
| Austria | 100% | 316 | 1:26,944 | 1,089 |
| Senegal | 99% | 309 | 1:47,189 | 1,934 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 296 | 1:102,871 | 7,176 |
| Vanuatu | - | 292 | 1:897 | 247 |
| Papua New Guinea | 87% | 282 | 1:28,909 | 2,873 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 253 | 1:63,670 | 1,847 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 248 | 1:29,181 | 1,516 |
| Estonia | 100% | 240 | 1:5,481 | 798 |
| Panama | 100% | 239 | 1:16,345 | 1,766 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| China | - | 226 | 1:6,044,495 | 55,971 |
| Lesotho | 98% | 222 | 1:9,189 | 1,332 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 219 | 1:27,481 | 1,782 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Greenland | - | 150 | 1:376 | 78 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 126 | 1:4,611 | 598 |
| New Zealand | - | 125 | 1:36,288 | 2,248 |
| Latvia | 98% | 123 | 1:16,387 | 840 |
| Ireland | 100% | 121 | 1:38,376 | 1,413 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 117 | 1:40,752 | 2,002 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 113 | 1:21,759 | 1,337 |
| Cuba | - | 109 | 1:105,565 | 2,085 |
| Japan | - | 105 | 1:1,218,915 | 16,259 |
| Singapore | 100% | 104 | 1:60,452 | 6,836 |
| Jamaica | - | 90 | 1:32,036 | 2,155 |
| Iceland | - | 86 | 1:4,256 | 542 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 80 | 1:2,223 | 411 |
| Malta | - | 74 | 1:5,802 | 734 |
| Italy | 93% | 71 | 1:860,029 | 7,798 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 69 | 1:344,488 | 23,517 |
| Russia | 91% | 68 | 1:2,121,084 | 14,033 |
| Scotland | 100% | 66 | 1:81,066 | 2,072 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 62 | 1:115,355 | 8,682 |
| Hong Kong | - | 61 | 1:127,094 | 2,962 |
| Israel | 89% | 58 | 1:144,878 | 5,262 |
| French Polynesia | - | 49 | 1:5,671 | 903 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 41 | 1:129,514 | 1,103 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 35 | 1:7,719 | 883 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 35 | 1:97,932 | 2,563 |
| Liberia | 93% | 34 | 1:129,766 | 5,183 |
| Seychelles | - | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Pakistan | 70% | 27 | 1:7,198,433 | 59,826 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Wales | 100% | 23 | 1:134,535 | 2,882 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 21 | 1:9,143 | 1,145 |
| South Korea | - | 19 | 1:291,812 | 9,421 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 19 | 1:71,654 | 5,624 |
| Vietnam | - | 19 | 1:4,874,901 | 3,589 |
| East Timor | - | 16 | 1:76,148 | 197 |
| Cape Verde | - | 15 | 1:35,277 | 1,962 |
| Albania | 93% | 14 | 1:217,612 | 11,047 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 13 | 1:43,388 | 1,811 |
| Belarus | 100% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 12 | 1:295,858 | 3,040 |
| Hungary | 85% | 11 | 1:890,161 | 2,642 |
| Belize | 100% | 10 | 1:35,431 | 3,151 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 10 | 1:562,757 | 6,675 |
| Nepal | 100% | 10 | 1:2,848,735 | 38,513 |
| Turkey | 100% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Afghanistan | - | 9 | 1:3,624,835 | 24,448 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Croatia | 100% | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Greece | 100% | 6 | 1:1,822,425 | 10,706 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| Niger | 100% | 6 | 1:3,197,332 | 33,105 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Jordan | 100% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Jónas (941), Jonás (178), Jonàs (13), Jonaš (6), Jônas (3), Jònas (1), Jonáš (2,189), Jónás (28) & Jónáš (1) are calculated separately.
Jonas (178,237) may also be a surname.
Jonas Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘dove’, Jonas is the Greek form of the name. The story of the prophet Jonah was a favourite one in the Middle Ages, and Jonas is occasionally found in the 12th and 13th C. It became relatively popular after the Reformation, usually in the form Jonah, but is now seldom used.
Jonas Pipe Roll 1165, Curia Regis Rolls 1313.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Latinized form of the preceding and now somewhat rare.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A corruption of Jonah.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Meaning: Greek for Jonah.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: The doer. Some authorities give this as a form of Jonah.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Jonas Forename Popularity
Jonas Demographics
Jonas Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 42 (1901)
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