Larry Forename
539th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,416,546 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Larry Forename Definition:
An Irish diminutive of Laurence. Cf. Larkin and Lanty.
Larry Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 1,157,421 | 1:313 | 41 |
| Philippines | 99% | 99,363 | 1:1,067 | 212 |
| Canada | 100% | 70,430 | 1:470 | 86 |
| Ghana | 100% | 10,563 | 1:2,555 | 410 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 8,401 | 1:3,595 | 511 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 7,804 | 1:22,753 | 2,223 |
| England | 100% | 4,924 | 1:11,292 | 855 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,923 | 1:1,184 | 214 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Australia | - | 3,688 | 1:3,703 | 565 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3,102 | 1:14,928 | 1,643 |
| Peru | 100% | 2,802 | 1:11,346 | 1,205 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,768 | 1:19,701 | 2,754 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2,448 | 1:2,458 | 438 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 1,977 | 1:15,402 | 1,611 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,768 | 1:2,496 | 361 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,656 | 1:28,852 | 1,687 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,332 | 1:3,405 | 563 |
| China | - | 1,320 | 1:1,034,891 | 34,614 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,282 | 1:24,035 | 3,052 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,234 | 1:1,103 | 197 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,171 | 1:182,951 | 8,426 |
| Angola | - | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Micronesia | - | 1,045 | 1:102 | 20 |
| Togo | - | 989 | 1:7,320 | 1,126 |
| Gabon | - | 842 | 1:2,237 | 538 |
| Chile | 100% | 815 | 1:21,604 | 1,139 |
| Zambia | - | 803 | 1:19,744 | 1,712 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 747 | 1:13,964 | 1,463 |
| Bangladesh | - | 733 | 1:217,546 | 10,835 |
| Poland | 100% | 660 | 1:57,617 | 1,502 |
| Mexico | 100% | 657 | 1:188,957 | 3,483 |
| Thailand | 100% | 639 | 1:109,649 | 8,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 87% | 588 | 1:13,864 | 1,383 |
| Germany | 97% | 585 | 1:165,261 | 2,811 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 519 | 1:497,040 | 37,483 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 514 | 1:32,883 | 2,621 |
| Bahamas | - | 513 | 1:778 | 198 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| France | 100% | 464 | 1:143,255 | 2,706 |
| India | 98% | 447 | 1:2,717,848 | 128,019 |
| Ecuador | - | 444 | 1:39,925 | 1,594 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 435 | 1:54,643 | 8,033 |
| Singapore | 100% | 423 | 1:14,863 | 3,120 |
| Hong Kong | - | 382 | 1:20,295 | 2,144 |
| Egypt | 100% | 369 | 1:249,054 | 8,446 |
| Panama | 100% | 359 | 1:10,882 | 1,406 |
| Cameroon | 68% | 339 | 1:63,748 | 3,853 |
| Jamaica | - | 333 | 1:8,658 | 1,055 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 315 | 1:234,373 | 9,910 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 288 | 1:16,555 | 1,253 |
| Sweden | 99% | 271 | 1:36,376 | 2,122 |
| Japan | - | 268 | 1:477,560 | 10,822 |
| Honduras | 100% | 265 | 1:33,273 | 1,873 |
| Israel | 95% | 258 | 1:32,569 | 2,460 |
| Guam | - | 223 | 1:720 | 136 |
| Scotland | 100% | 203 | 1:26,356 | 1,135 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 183 | 1:84,283 | 6,396 |
| Wales | 100% | 175 | 1:17,682 | 1,050 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 161 | 1:22,052 | 953 |
| Guatemala | 75% | 153 | 1:105,284 | 2,256 |
| Italy | 98% | 145 | 1:421,118 | 4,738 |
| Spain | 100% | 140 | 1:332,357 | 5,223 |
| Belgium | 100% | 128 | 1:89,766 | 3,257 |
| Portugal | - | 120 | 1:86,757 | 2,474 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 117 | 1:29,296 | 1,345 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 107 | 1:99,079 | 2,555 |
| Malawi | 100% | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Russia | 92% | 106 | 1:1,360,695 | 10,495 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 106 | 1:1,035 | 213 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Iraq | - | 97 | 1:361,009 | 4,694 |
| Bermuda | - | 96 | 1:675 | 131 |
| Afghanistan | 73% | 94 | 1:347,059 | 6,899 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 93 | 1:63 | 5 |
| Denmark | - | 92 | 1:61,408 | 2,162 |
| Qatar | 100% | 92 | 1:25,757 | 3,566 |
| South Korea | - | 89 | 1:62,297 | 3,843 |
| Belize | 100% | 83 | 1:4,269 | 893 |
| Congo | 50% | 80 | 1:62,615 | 4,463 |
| Malta | - | 80 | 1:5,367 | 705 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Switzerland | 95% | 75 | 1:109,513 | 3,330 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 71 | 1:25,960 | 1,041 |
| Uganda | 97% | 69 | 1:593,579 | 12,776 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 65 | 1:4,156 | 621 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 63 | 1:9,222 | 952 |
| French Polynesia | - | 59 | 1:4,710 | 802 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 59 | 1:121,220 | 8,743 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 58 | 1:3,066 | 560 |
| Haiti | 100% | 56 | 1:191,553 | 8,651 |
| Norway | 100% | 54 | 1:95,043 | 3,127 |
| Finland | 88% | 49 | 1:111,902 | 2,512 |
| Guyana | 100% | 49 | 1:15,577 | 2,074 |
| Madagascar | - | 49 | 1:482,233 | 1,749 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 49 | 1:1,116 | 229 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| American Samoa | - | 46 | 1:1,214 | 158 |
| Argentina | 85% | 46 | 1:929,853 | 5,018 |
| Grenada | 96% | 45 | 1:2,403 | 485 |
| Botswana | - | 42 | 1:52,011 | 4,968 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 42 | 1:826 | 183 |
| Barbados | - | 40 | 1:7,245 | 909 |
| Marshall Islands | 96% | 37 | 1:1,385 | 190 |
| Greece | 100% | 34 | 1:321,604 | 5,247 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 34 | 1:2,724,209 | 3,288 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,858 | 421 |
| Guernsey | - | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Ivory Coast | 57% | 29 | 1:795,722 | 25,342 |
| El Salvador | - | 27 | 1:234,881 | 3,098 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 23 | 1:2,295,144 | 22,303 |
| Cuba | - | 21 | 1:547,931 | 3,150 |
| Hungary | 93% | 20 | 1:489,589 | 1,828 |
| Georgia | - | 19 | 1:196,761 | 5,396 |
| Senegal | 80% | 19 | 1:767,440 | 8,136 |
| Austria | 100% | 18 | 1:473,011 | 4,571 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Jersey | - | 18 | 1:5,554 | 644 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Namibia | - | 18 | 1:133,566 | 4,823 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 17 | 1:3,227 | 641 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Benin | 100% | 15 | 1:705,056 | 20,455 |
| Oman | - | 15 | 1:273,911 | 3,812 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 14 | 1:3,249,993 | 6,792 |
| Algeria | - | 10 | 1:3,817,672 | 8,659 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 9 | 1:58,795 | 2,536 |
| Czechia | 100% | 9 | 1:1,184,018 | 3,740 |
| Estonia | 100% | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Macau | - | 8 | 1:76,026 | 700 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Dominica | - | 7 | 1:10,782 | 397 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Paraguay | 71% | 7 | 1:1,033,829 | 6,926 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 6 | 1:3,063,245 | 50,518 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Cyprus | - | 6 | 1:145,179 | 3,172 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| Latvia | - | 5 | 1:403,129 | 3,324 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Albania | - | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Brunei | - | 3 | 1:139,857 | 2,352 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Niger | - | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| San Marino | 100% | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Làrry (1) are calculated separately.
Larry (19,840) may also be a surname.
Larry Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An Irish diminutive of Laurence. Cf. Larkin and Lanty.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Larry Forename Popularity
Larry Demographics
Average Male Larry Height
176.42 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 20,796 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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