Maureen Forename
1,056th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 879,153 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados
Maureen Forename Definition:
MAURINE. The latter is rare before C20 and Maureen (note the typical Irish suffix-een) is an Irish name that Helena Swan says is a derivative of Mary. Cf. Marylyn. Maurice, m. See Morrice, Morris. As a font-name, Maurice is the more frequent form; as a surname, Morrice or Morris is rather the more general.
Read More About This ForenameMaureen Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 244,403 | 1:1,483 | 311 |
| England | 100% | 148,111 | 1:375 | 85 |
| Kenya | 100% | 87,002 | 1:532 | 105 |
| Zambia | - | 63,191 | 1:251 | 37 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 62,718 | 1:2,831 | 512 |
| South Africa | 100% | 43,566 | 1:1,252 | 174 |
| Canada | 100% | 32,725 | 1:1,012 | 228 |
| Malawi | 100% | 25,763 | 1:664 | 146 |
| Philippines | 99% | 22,097 | 1:4,797 | 818 |
| Scotland | 100% | 18,403 | 1:291 | 66 |
| Ireland | 100% | 17,604 | 1:264 | 49 |
| Uganda | 100% | 12,120 | 1:3,379 | 429 |
| Australia | - | 11,105 | 1:1,230 | 257 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 7,544 | 1:2,240 | 444 |
| Wales | 100% | 7,065 | 1:438 | 98 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5,977 | 1:308 | 69 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5,817 | 1:820 | 177 |
| Sudan | - | 5,751 | 1:6,574 | 968 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,486 | 1:827 | 196 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,466 | 1:646 | 161 |
| Rwanda | - | 4,109 | 1:2,767 | 568 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,821 | 1:7,063 | 770 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2,944 | 1:5,239 | 801 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,751 | 1:19,189 | 1,977 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,003 | 1:10,384 | 1,539 |
| France | 100% | 1,997 | 1:33,285 | 1,214 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,829 | 1:16,648 | 1,713 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,530 | 1:361 | 23 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,498 | 1:14,426 | 1,473 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,462 | 1:7,859 | 959 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,445 | 1:178,522 | 17,707 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1,417 | 1:5,753 | 602 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,343 | 1:1,014 | 175 |
| Barbados | - | 1,242 | 1:233 | 31 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,155 | 1:15,244 | 952 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,047 | 1:92,338 | 2,026 |
| Botswana | 100% | 855 | 1:2,555 | 451 |
| Egypt | 100% | 759 | 1:121,082 | 5,236 |
| Fiji | - | 719 | 1:1,241 | 307 |
| Guyana | 100% | 711 | 1:1,074 | 160 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Iraq | 100% | 681 | 1:51,421 | 1,762 |
| Spain | 100% | 663 | 1:70,181 | 2,415 |
| Poland | 100% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Bahamas | - | 596 | 1:670 | 162 |
| Brazil | 100% | 582 | 1:368,103 | 13,382 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 488 | 1:61,889 | 3,361 |
| Israel | 97% | 380 | 1:22,113 | 2,003 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 364 | 1:28,657 | 2,353 |
| Swaziland | - | 359 | 1:3,622 | 724 |
| India | 100% | 339 | 1:3,583,711 | 153,569 |
| Namibia | - | 336 | 1:7,155 | 954 |
| Jersey | 100% | 331 | 1:302 | 59 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 324 | 1:481 | 136 |
| Gabon | 100% | 321 | 1:5,867 | 1,120 |
| Thailand | 100% | 310 | 1:226,019 | 14,235 |
| Mexico | 98% | 304 | 1:408,370 | 5,073 |
| Singapore | 100% | 303 | 1:20,749 | 3,621 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 232 | 1:35,403 | 1,850 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 187 | 1:496 | 99 |
| Malta | - | 176 | 1:2,440 | 432 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 158 | 1:5,513 | 612 |
| Panama | 100% | 157 | 1:24,883 | 2,259 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 156 | 1:3,724 | 526 |
| Portugal | - | 148 | 1:70,344 | 2,168 |
| China | - | 140 | 1:9,757,541 | 59,611 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 136 | 1:52,588 | 4,682 |
| Grenada | 100% | 135 | 1:801 | 141 |
| Italy | 100% | 123 | 1:496,440 | 5,310 |
| Guernsey | - | 120 | 1:528 | 132 |
| Hong Kong | - | 117 | 1:66,263 | 2,620 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 112 | 1:212,229 | 18,380 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 111 | 1:989 | 200 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 109 | 1:299,298 | 6,408 |
| Lebanon | 96% | 109 | 1:51,629 | 2,394 |
| Colombia | 100% | 107 | 1:446,532 | 7,286 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 107 | 1:150,546 | 2,657 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 99 | 1:1,127 | 180 |
| Ecuador | - | 94 | 1:188,584 | 3,338 |
| Sweden | 100% | 93 | 1:105,999 | 4,465 |
| Norway | 100% | 92 | 1:55,786 | 2,212 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Guam | - | 87 | 1:1,847 | 398 |
| Qatar | 98% | 87 | 1:27,237 | 3,729 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 82 | 1:900,337 | 27,216 |
| Belize | 100% | 80 | 1:4,429 | 917 |
| Micronesia | - | 80 | 1:1,331 | 212 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 80 | 1:2,223 | 411 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 74 | 1:3,651 | 572 |
| Peru | 98% | 74 | 1:429,614 | 8,127 |
| Denmark | - | 71 | 1:79,570 | 2,519 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 69 | 1:888 | 179 |
| Haiti | 100% | 69 | 1:155,463 | 7,573 |
| Liberia | 100% | 68 | 1:64,883 | 3,184 |
| Aruba | - | 67 | 1:1,549 | 313 |
| Bermuda | - | 66 | 1:982 | 213 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 62 | 1:97,070 | 3,426 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 56 | 1:980 | 209 |
| Honduras | 100% | 52 | 1:169,567 | 4,266 |
| Argentina | 100% | 46 | 1:929,853 | 5,018 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 44 | 1:2,259 | 487 |
| Japan | - | 42 | 1:3,047,287 | 23,072 |
| Greece | 100% | 41 | 1:266,696 | 4,766 |
| French Polynesia | - | 38 | 1:7,313 | 1,076 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:977 | 211 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 29 | 1:118,194 | 2,814 |
| Brunei | - | 25 | 1:16,783 | 1,060 |
| Ethiopia | - | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 23 | 1:576 | 61 |
| Benin | 100% | 23 | 1:459,819 | 15,743 |
| Marshall Islands | 93% | 23 | 1:2,227 | 336 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 22 | 1:8,834,440 | 66,641 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 19 | 1:107,368 | 9,037 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 18 | 1:31,336 | 1,560 |
| Austria | 100% | 16 | 1:532,138 | 4,883 |
| Burundi | - | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| South Korea | - | 15 | 1:369,628 | 10,743 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| El Salvador | - | 13 | 1:487,830 | 4,461 |
| Jordan | 100% | 13 | 1:678,983 | 4,513 |
| Oman | 100% | 13 | 1:316,051 | 4,191 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 13 | 1:448 | 125 |
| Palestine | 100% | 12 | 1:379,172 | 2,916 |
| Finland | 83% | 10 | 1:548,318 | 6,147 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Montserrat | - | 9 | 1:542 | 45 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Mauritius | - | 8 | 1:162,223 | 3,800 |
| Russia | 100% | 8 | 1:18,029,213 | 55,117 |
| Bulgaria | - | 7 | 1:998,627 | 10,919 |
| Dominica | - | 7 | 1:10,782 | 397 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 7 | 1:1,033,829 | 6,926 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Maldives | 100% | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Senegal | - | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Hungary | 97% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Maureën (1) are calculated separately.
Maureen (3,360) may also be a surname.
Maureen Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
MAURINE. The latter is rare before C20 and Maureen (note the typical Irish suffix-een) is an Irish name that Helena Swan says is a derivative of Mary. Cf. Marylyn. Maurice, m. See Morrice, Morris. As a font-name, Maurice is the more frequent form; as a surname, Morrice or Morris is rather the more general.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Celtic name, meaning: Dark.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Maureen Forename Popularity
Maureen Demographics
Maureen Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 28 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Maureen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maureen in the Russian language | ||
| Мауреен | maureen | - |
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