Kerry Forename
3,062nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 340,611 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Kerry Forename Definition:
A Anglo-saxon name, meaning: Captain.
Kerry Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 57% | 153,928 | 1:2,355 | 435 |
| England | 94% | 75,097 | 1:740 | 168 |
| Australia | - | 32,831 | 1:416 | 89 |
| Canada | 53% | 24,335 | 1:1,362 | 309 |
| New Zealand | - | 16,516 | 1:275 | 35 |
| South Africa | 97% | 7,614 | 1:7,162 | 1,312 |
| Scotland | 89% | 5,413 | 1:988 | 194 |
| Wales | 78% | 3,580 | 1:864 | 208 |
| Northern Ireland | 97% | 3,394 | 1:543 | 132 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69% | 2,344 | 1:3,478 | 381 |
| Kenya | 76% | 2,050 | 1:22,589 | 2,112 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,265 | 1:1,076 | 190 |
| Jamaica | - | 743 | 1:3,881 | 688 |
| China | - | 700 | 1:1,951,508 | 42,566 |
| Ireland | 76% | 614 | 1:7,563 | 616 |
| Ghana | 67% | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| Malaysia | 63% | 535 | 1:56,916 | 4,544 |
| Philippines | 57% | 487 | 1:217,679 | 9,399 |
| Zimbabwe | 55% | 481 | 1:32,066 | 3,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Nigeria | 87% | 433 | 1:410,079 | 13,741 |
| Vanuatu | - | 424 | 1:617 | 151 |
| Thailand | 76% | 423 | 1:165,640 | 11,720 |
| Zambia | - | 281 | 1:56,423 | 3,380 |
| Haiti | 69% | 240 | 1:44,696 | 3,049 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 239 | 1:1,079,346 | 65,553 |
| Brazil | 100% | 231 | 1:927,429 | 24,948 |
| Qatar | 83% | 210 | 1:11,284 | 1,791 |
| Barbados | - | 204 | 1:1,421 | 335 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| DR Congo | 89% | 192 | 1:384,519 | 14,440 |
| Germany | 54% | 182 | 1:531,197 | 5,468 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 179 | 1:39,955 | 3,693 |
| Venezuela | 99% | 176 | 1:171,602 | 6,596 |
| Hong Kong | - | 156 | 1:49,697 | 2,514 |
| Netherlands | 57% | 155 | 1:109,046 | 5,443 |
| India | 69% | 140 | 1:8,677,700 | 274,069 |
| Guyana | 64% | 135 | 1:5,654 | 997 |
| Peru | 75% | 132 | 1:240,844 | 5,814 |
| Costa Rica | 67% | 121 | 1:39,405 | 1,957 |
| France | 71% | 109 | 1:609,820 | 5,989 |
| Egypt | - | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Switzerland | 62% | 103 | 1:79,743 | 2,793 |
| Japan | - | 100 | 1:1,279,861 | 16,578 |
| Singapore | 50% | 98 | 1:64,154 | 6,886 |
| Grenada | 77% | 94 | 1:1,150 | 225 |
| Sweden | 67% | 94 | 1:104,871 | 4,439 |
| Solomon Islands | 60% | 91 | 1:6,384 | 725 |
| Nicaragua | 55% | 90 | 1:66,870 | 2,805 |
| Jersey | 100% | 82 | 1:1,219 | 263 |
| Tanzania | 67% | 81 | 1:651,708 | 16,500 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Ecuador | - | 75 | 1:236,359 | 3,746 |
| Russia | 79% | 74 | 1:1,949,104 | 13,269 |
| Honduras | 63% | 73 | 1:120,787 | 3,576 |
| Spain | 100% | 73 | 1:637,397 | 7,138 |
| Guernsey | - | 63 | 1:1,005 | 214 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 62 | 1:168,246 | 7,350 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 60 | 1:1,022 | 226 |
| Saint Lucia | 90% | 56 | 1:3,175 | 576 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 43 | 1:758,686 | 10,592 |
| Chile | 72% | 37 | 1:475,870 | 5,903 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 61% | 37 | 1:3,016 | 571 |
| Belgium | 65% | 36 | 1:319,168 | 6,264 |
| Italy | 73% | 36 | 1:1,696,169 | 12,510 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Norway | 82% | 35 | 1:146,638 | 4,100 |
| South Korea | - | 34 | 1:163,071 | 6,796 |
| Gibraltar | - | 32 | 1:1,067 | 230 |
| Mexico | 60% | 31 | 1:4,004,659 | 17,642 |
| Panama | 100% | 30 | 1:130,219 | 5,854 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Greece | 100% | 27 | 1:404,983 | 6,029 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 23 | 1:4,772 | 795 |
| Denmark | - | 22 | 1:256,795 | 5,179 |
| Liberia | 80% | 22 | 1:200,548 | 7,110 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 21 | 1:2,612 | 559 |
| Uganda | 63% | 21 | 1:1,950,330 | 25,877 |
| Belize | 100% | 19 | 1:18,648 | 2,166 |
| British Virgin Islands | 83% | 19 | 1:1,645 | 365 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 19 | 1:1,137,395 | 29,084 |
| Vietnam | - | 18 | 1:5,145,728 | 3,613 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 17 | 1:5,001 | 173 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 17 | 1:1,398,217 | 44,417 |
| Colombia | 100% | 14 | 1:3,412,780 | 22,545 |
| Estonia | 67% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Israel | 100% | 12 | 1:700,243 | 11,627 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Syria | - | 12 | 1:1,608,840 | 3,623 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Cyprus | - | 11 | 1:79,189 | 2,418 |
| Anguilla | 50% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Austria | 100% | 8 | 1:1,064,275 | 7,469 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Belarus | 67% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Guatemala | - | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Turkey | 67% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Argentina | - | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Czechia | 59% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Finland | 67% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Hungary | 67% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | 95% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Poland | 76% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
Kerry (14,220) may also be a surname.
Kerry Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Anglo-saxon name, meaning: Captain.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Provincial English name, meaning: A large apron.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Kerry Forename Popularity
Kerry Demographics
Kerry Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 22 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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