Junior Forename
1,751st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 570,777 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Haiti
Junior Forename Definition:
A Latin name, meaning: The younger.
Junior Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 117,732 | 1:627 | 122 |
| Haiti | 100% | 92,118 | 1:116 | 6 |
| Brazil | 100% | 53,118 | 1:4,033 | 565 |
| Liberia | 99% | 36,450 | 1:121 | 13 |
| Congo | 100% | 29,471 | 1:170 | 15 |
| United States | 100% | 29,125 | 1:12,448 | 1,233 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 23,966 | 1:1,260 | 200 |
| Central African Republic | - | 20,752 | 1:218 | 61 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 19,631 | 1:415 | 39 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 13,832 | 1:12,837 | 1,552 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 11,372 | 1:1,356 | 250 |
| Peru | 100% | 9,403 | 1:3,381 | 569 |
| Uganda | 96% | 8,947 | 1:4,578 | 549 |
| Philippines | 99% | 8,800 | 1:12,047 | 1,538 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 7,907 | 1:1,319 | 209 |
| Gabon | 100% | 7,296 | 1:258 | 23 |
| Malawi | 100% | 7,044 | 1:2,429 | 461 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,980 | 1:9,299 | 1,211 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Honduras | 100% | 4,511 | 1:1,955 | 337 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,821 | 1:7,063 | 770 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,733 | 1:5,789 | 848 |
| South Africa | 53% | 3,436 | 1:15,871 | 2,367 |
| Ecuador | - | 3,004 | 1:5,901 | 606 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,002 | 1:960 | 250 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2,912 | 1:2,067 | 382 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2,621 | 1:1,819 | 341 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,450 | 1:556 | 59 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 2,312 | 1:251 | 40 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2,192 | 1:56,635 | 1,987 |
| England | 98% | 2,127 | 1:26,141 | 1,507 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 1,934 | 1:5,880 | 1,009 |
| Tanzania | 97% | 1,906 | 1:27,696 | 2,517 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,655 | 1:6,406 | 831 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,412 | 1:182,694 | 18,037 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Guinea | - | 1,058 | 1:11,209 | 746 |
| Togo | - | 989 | 1:7,320 | 1,126 |
| Samoa | - | 959 | 1:204 | 36 |
| Zambia | - | 932 | 1:17,012 | 1,549 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 931 | 1:24,786 | 2,140 |
| Vanuatu | - | 848 | 1:309 | 54 |
| Colombia | 100% | 788 | 1:60,633 | 2,491 |
| Guyana | 100% | 726 | 1:1,051 | 156 |
| Chad | 100% | 680 | 1:19,998 | 2,770 |
| Swaziland | - | 666 | 1:1,952 | 434 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 642 | 1:47,430 | 3,961 |
| Canada | 100% | 629 | 1:52,676 | 3,404 |
| Morocco | - | 519 | 1:66,182 | 2,499 |
| Fiji | - | 518 | 1:1,723 | 479 |
| Barbados | - | 481 | 1:602 | 142 |
| Botswana | 80% | 475 | 1:4,599 | 778 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 433 | 1:16,713 | 1,204 |
| Spain | 100% | 416 | 1:111,851 | 3,072 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 388 | 1:132 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Benin | 100% | 347 | 1:30,478 | 2,837 |
| New Zealand | - | 341 | 1:13,302 | 1,247 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 316 | 1:53,488 | 3,567 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 302 | 1:53,339 | 1,732 |
| Grenada | 99% | 270 | 1:400 | 40 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98% | 258 | 1:432 | 20 |
| Germany | 100% | 253 | 1:382,126 | 4,506 |
| Austria | 97% | 248 | 1:34,331 | 1,231 |
| France | 100% | 245 | 1:271,308 | 3,861 |
| Egypt | 91% | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Saint Lucia | 95% | 198 | 1:898 | 137 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 173 | 1:19,813 | 1,091 |
| Chile | 99% | 170 | 1:103,572 | 2,607 |
| Namibia | - | 148 | 1:16,244 | 1,597 |
| Suriname | 100% | 148 | 1:3,735 | 834 |
| Belgium | 100% | 146 | 1:78,699 | 3,064 |
| El Salvador | - | 146 | 1:43,437 | 1,500 |
| India | 95% | 119 | 1:10,209,059 | 304,814 |
| Panama | 100% | 108 | 1:36,172 | 2,798 |
| Cuba | - | 99 | 1:116,228 | 2,162 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 88 | 1:206 | 23 |
| Australia | - | 84 | 1:162,591 | 4,608 |
| Russia | 100% | 83 | 1:1,737,755 | 12,313 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Belize | 100% | 77 | 1:4,601 | 949 |
| Bahamas | - | 65 | 1:6,144 | 853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 64 | 1:1,553 | 329 |
| Aruba | - | 63 | 1:1,647 | 343 |
| Sweden | 100% | 62 | 1:158,998 | 5,968 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 60 | 1:914 | 186 |
| Dominica | - | 57 | 1:1,324 | 240 |
| Argentina | 63% | 54 | 1:792,097 | 4,635 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 52 | 1:137,538 | 9,445 |
| China | - | 45 | 1:30,356,795 | 61,058 |
| Italy | 97% | 34 | 1:1,795,944 | 12,956 |
| Japan | - | 34 | 1:3,764,296 | 25,024 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,052 | 243 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 33 | 1:3,326 | 600 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,977 | 447 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 31 | 1:114,526 | 2,019 |
| Scotland | 100% | 31 | 1:172,592 | 3,232 |
| Singapore | 100% | 30 | 1:209,568 | 8,585 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 27 | 1:7,111 | 998 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Senegal | 100% | 24 | 1:607,556 | 7,223 |
| Thailand | 95% | 23 | 1:3,046,340 | 70,930 |
| Nauru | 100% | 22 | 1:542 | 64 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:1,645 | 365 |
| Iceland | - | 19 | 1:19,264 | 1,346 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 18 | 1:985,936 | 10,651 |
| Ireland | 100% | 16 | 1:290,220 | 4,558 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Norway | 100% | 15 | 1:342,155 | 7,099 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 14 | 1:947 | 149 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 13 | 1:1,413,805 | 35,544 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 13 | 1:156,923 | 11,892 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,828,437 | 49,694 |
| Wales | 100% | 13 | 1:238,024 | 4,015 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Denmark | - | 11 | 1:513,591 | 7,934 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 11 | 1:746,681 | 9,974 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Finland | 100% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Montserrat | - | 9 | 1:542 | 45 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Albania | 100% | 8 | 1:380,821 | 15,237 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Cape Verde | - | 7 | 1:75,593 | 2,885 |
| Turkey | - | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Micronesia | - | 6 | 1:17,750 | 599 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Romania | 100% | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Czechia | 99% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Niger | - | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Poland | 97% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:614,382 | 2,910 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Hungary | 97% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
The alternate forms: Júnior (57,354), Juñior (2) & Juníor (1) are calculated separately.
Junior (308,692) may also be a surname.
Junior Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: The younger.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 5,869 (2014)
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