Mar Forename
6,612th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 158,973 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Myanmar
Highest density in:
Myanmar
Mar Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar | - | 49,353 | 1:1,053 | 120 |
| Spain | 100% | 19,317 | 1:2,409 | 317 |
| Philippines | 93% | 13,694 | 1:7,741 | 1,130 |
| India | 100% | 13,349 | 1:91,009 | 11,202 |
| Indonesia | 78% | 9,617 | 1:26,824 | 3,654 |
| United States | 55% | 8,654 | 1:41,892 | 2,499 |
| Egypt | 74% | 6,853 | 1:13,410 | 1,183 |
| Iran | 86% | 5,111 | 1:15,358 | 993 |
| Pakistan | 70% | 3,799 | 1:51,160 | 2,900 |
| Senegal | 94% | 2,912 | 1:5,007 | 484 |
| South Sudan | 79% | 2,746 | 1:4,206 | 526 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,181 | 1:17,335 | 1,813 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,040 | 1:15,104 | 2,092 |
| Mexico | 89% | 2,022 | 1:61,397 | 2,051 |
| Poland | 79% | 1,744 | 1:21,805 | 756 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,650 | 1:96,643 | 6,671 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,181 | 1:150,351 | 7,251 |
| Afghanistan | 81% | 1,130 | 1:28,870 | 1,832 |
| Netherlands | 88% | 1,099 | 1:15,380 | 1,626 |
| Malaysia | 68% | 952 | 1:31,985 | 2,908 |
| Morocco | 100% | 846 | 1:40,601 | 1,852 |
| Liberia | 94% | 791 | 1:5,578 | 656 |
| Portugal | - | 729 | 1:14,281 | 776 |
| Canada | 100% | 544 | 1:60,907 | 3,758 |
| Thailand | 83% | 457 | 1:153,317 | 11,145 |
| France | 100% | 338 | 1:196,658 | 3,220 |
| Brazil | 63% | 317 | 1:675,824 | 20,061 |
| England | 60% | 309 | 1:179,945 | 5,502 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 302 | 1:23,682 | 2,365 |
| Russia | 60% | 295 | 1:488,928 | 5,401 |
| Germany | 66% | 239 | 1:404,510 | 4,673 |
| Kuwait | - | 228 | 1:16,602 | 1,838 |
| Colombia | 100% | 221 | 1:216,194 | 4,918 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 200 | 1:40,762 | 3,997 |
| Argentina | 52% | 172 | 1:248,682 | 2,704 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 151 | 1:106,678 | 2,268 |
| Malawi | - | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Ecuador | - | 139 | 1:127,532 | 2,756 |
| Italy | 52% | 128 | 1:477,048 | 5,185 |
| Yemen | - | 123 | 1:213,795 | 1,754 |
| DR Congo | 69% | 116 | 1:636,445 | 21,039 |
| Venezuela | 89% | 116 | 1:260,361 | 8,703 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| Singapore | 63% | 109 | 1:57,679 | 6,806 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Armenia | 80% | 98 | 1:29,783 | 1,426 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 85 | 1:279,643 | 21,208 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 74 | 1:47,977 | 1,368 |
| Mauritania | 92% | 72 | 1:56,878 | 2,802 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Qatar | 100% | 64 | 1:37,025 | 4,951 |
| Oman | 100% | 63 | 1:65,217 | 2,660 |
| Belgium | 74% | 62 | 1:185,323 | 4,734 |
| Australia | - | 61 | 1:223,895 | 5,282 |
| New Zealand | - | 58 | 1:78,208 | 3,650 |
| Peru | 76% | 53 | 1:599,839 | 9,954 |
| Ethiopia | - | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Chile | 84% | 46 | 1:382,765 | 5,236 |
| Guam | - | 45 | 1:3,570 | 683 |
| Ukraine | 77% | 44 | 1:1,034,089 | 3,401 |
| China | - | 42 | 1:32,525,138 | 61,215 |
| Tunisia | 67% | 42 | 1:16,117 | 1,318 |
| Ireland | 78% | 38 | 1:122,198 | 2,794 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 91% | 38 | 1:157,192 | 8,523 |
| South Africa | 86% | 38 | 1:1,435,070 | 48,198 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Kazakhstan | 82% | 33 | 1:537,783 | 7,660 |
| Costa Rica | 95% | 32 | 1:148,998 | 3,979 |
| Estonia | 100% | 31 | 1:42,432 | 2,607 |
| Greece | 75% | 29 | 1:377,053 | 5,762 |
| Uruguay | 92% | 29 | 1:118,194 | 2,814 |
| Lebanon | 64% | 28 | 1:200,985 | 4,294 |
| Switzerland | 57% | 28 | 1:293,339 | 5,808 |
| Niger | 53% | 26 | 1:737,846 | 12,885 |
| Belarus | 54% | 24 | 1:395,099 | 2,754 |
| Hong Kong | - | 22 | 1:352,397 | 3,870 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 22 | 1:1,048,906 | 30,569 |
| Cuba | - | 20 | 1:575,328 | 3,174 |
| Bolivia | 83% | 19 | 1:557,969 | 2,919 |
| Burkina Faso | 50% | 19 | 1:967,340 | 27,076 |
| Iceland | - | 19 | 1:19,264 | 1,346 |
| Kenya | 83% | 18 | 1:2,572,617 | 21,139 |
| Bhutan | 60% | 15 | 1:54,995 | 1,683 |
| Panama | - | 15 | 1:260,437 | 9,109 |
| Sweden | 63% | 15 | 1:657,194 | 15,298 |
| Honduras | 100% | 14 | 1:629,819 | 8,609 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 13 | 1:462,949 | 8,230 |
| Norway | 50% | 13 | 1:394,795 | 7,741 |
| Israel | 67% | 12 | 1:700,243 | 11,627 |
| Georgia | 100% | 11 | 1:339,861 | 7,323 |
| Scotland | 84% | 11 | 1:486,397 | 6,140 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 10 | 1:1,627,333 | 20,911 |
| Andorra | - | 9 | 1:9,210 | 586 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Moldova | - | 8 | 1:445,142 | 2,889 |
| Syria | - | 8 | 1:2,413,259 | 4,659 |
| Czechia | 58% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7 | 1:7,541,188 | 37,665 |
| Albania | 100% | 6 | 1:507,762 | 18,007 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Congo | 61% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Finland | 100% | 6 | 1:913,864 | 8,662 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Austria | 50% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Cameroon | - | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Wales | - | 4 | 1:773,577 | 8,486 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 81% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
The alternate forms: Már (81) & Mâr (1) are calculated separately.
Mar (214,093) may also be a surname.
Mar Forename Popularity
Mar Demographics
Average Male Mar Height
174.33 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 371 (2014)
Average Female Mar Height
164.19 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 141 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Mar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mar in the Russian language | ||
| Мар | mar | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mar