Mina Forename
178th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,866,506 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal
Mina Forename Definition:
A female name. pet-name for Wilhelmina (q.v.).
Mina Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 1,748,292 | 1:695 | 34 |
| Iran | 100% | 292,092 | 1:269 | 49 |
| Nepal | 83% | 213,564 | 1:133 | 9 |
| Egypt | 95% | 127,072 | 1:723 | 129 |
| Morocco | 100% | 115,764 | 1:297 | 65 |
| Bangladesh | 99% | 69,101 | 1:2,308 | 312 |
| Afghanistan | 97% | 44,725 | 1:729 | 130 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 38,288 | 1:6,737 | 887 |
| Pakistan | 89% | 20,653 | 1:9,411 | 1,052 |
| Iraq | 100% | 20,447 | 1:1,713 | 352 |
| Japan | 100% | 19,934 | 1:6,420 | 848 |
| United States | 87% | 17,532 | 1:20,679 | 1,657 |
| Sudan | 100% | 14,675 | 1:2,576 | 463 |
| Philippines | 99% | 9,687 | 1:10,943 | 1,444 |
| South Africa | 99% | 8,554 | 1:6,375 | 1,195 |
| Russia | 91% | 8,356 | 1:17,261 | 500 |
| Thailand | 92% | 7,319 | 1:9,573 | 1,576 |
| Cambodia | 57% | 6,971 | 1:2,334 | 478 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 5,631 | 1:626 | 142 |
| Ghana | 100% | 5,001 | 1:5,396 | 660 |
| Germany | 100% | 4,493 | 1:21,517 | 958 |
| Madagascar | - | 3,930 | 1:6,013 | 1,171 |
| France | 100% | 3,809 | 1:17,451 | 842 |
| Nigeria | 72% | 3,749 | 1:47,363 | 3,526 |
| Algeria | 100% | 3,704 | 1:10,307 | 852 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,200 | 1:10,354 | 1,189 |
| England | 99% | 3,100 | 1:17,936 | 1,180 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2,978 | 1:3,238 | 620 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,968 | 1:15,677 | 1,012 |
| Niger | 93% | 2,713 | 1:7,071 | 767 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,156 | 1:14,292 | 2,021 |
| Italy | 100% | 2,132 | 1:28,641 | 1,025 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2,058 | 1:3,397 | 504 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,730 | 1:7,860 | 1,235 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 1,553 | 1:19,607 | 1,988 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86% | 1,530 | 1:5,328 | 565 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,292 | 1:8,463 | 539 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,270 | 1:13,368 | 1,054 |
| Sweden | 93% | 1,131 | 1:8,716 | 802 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,081 | 1:15,636 | 1,644 |
| Turkey | 98% | 978 | 1:79,552 | 2,826 |
| Mauritania | 97% | 967 | 1:4,235 | 443 |
| Moldova | 100% | 932 | 1:3,821 | 307 |
| Australia | - | 874 | 1:15,627 | 1,209 |
| Belgium | 100% | 868 | 1:13,237 | 1,240 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 740 | 1:99,767 | 5,356 |
| Oman | 100% | 729 | 1:5,636 | 761 |
| Malawi | 100% | 719 | 1:23,800 | 2,039 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 708 | 1:11,601 | 1,066 |
| Norway | 100% | 700 | 1:7,332 | 746 |
| Serbia | 100% | 684 | 1:10,447 | 868 |
| Cameroon | 82% | 644 | 1:33,557 | 2,505 |
| Romania | 100% | 568 | 1:35,303 | 2,218 |
| Vietnam | 77% | 534 | 1:173,452 | 1,227 |
| Benin | 100% | 523 | 1:20,221 | 2,162 |
| Brazil | 100% | 486 | 1:440,815 | 15,130 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 486 | 1:5,059 | 626 |
| Poland | 73% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Portugal | - | 378 | 1:27,542 | 1,177 |
| Albania | 91% | 361 | 1:8,439 | 1,401 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 359 | 1:66,211 | 9,108 |
| Mexico | 99% | 333 | 1:372,806 | 4,858 |
| South Korea | - | 320 | 1:17,326 | 1,763 |
| Namibia | - | 312 | 1:7,706 | 998 |
| China | - | 307 | 1:4,449,693 | 53,316 |
| Denmark | - | 286 | 1:19,753 | 1,178 |
| New Zealand | - | 286 | 1:15,860 | 1,370 |
| Kosovo | - | 275 | 1:6,769 | 1,116 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 270 | 1:195,512 | 8,232 |
| Zimbabwe | 89% | 267 | 1:57,767 | 4,821 |
| Haiti | 100% | 264 | 1:40,632 | 2,820 |
| Scotland | 100% | 240 | 1:22,293 | 1,023 |
| Jordan | 93% | 225 | 1:39,230 | 1,413 |
| Burkina Faso | 76% | 218 | 1:84,309 | 4,876 |
| Austria | 100% | 194 | 1:43,888 | 1,407 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| Georgia | 77% | 170 | 1:21,991 | 1,513 |
| Croatia | 100% | 158 | 1:26,690 | 1,240 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 148 | 1:5,886 | 643 |
| Israel | 93% | 144 | 1:58,354 | 3,338 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 97% | 144 | 1:41,481 | 4,019 |
| Peru | 100% | 142 | 1:223,883 | 5,565 |
| Ivory Coast | 54% | 139 | 1:166,014 | 8,716 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 136 | 1:226,371 | 5,030 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 131 | 1:230,549 | 8,025 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 115 | 1:62,191 | 5,548 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 103 | 1:20,299 | 2,117 |
| Argentina | 99% | 100 | 1:427,732 | 3,445 |
| Hong Kong | - | 99 | 1:78,310 | 2,698 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 97 | 1:6,542 | 877 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| French Polynesia | - | 92 | 1:3,021 | 604 |
| Senegal | 98% | 92 | 1:158,493 | 3,603 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| Panama | 100% | 83 | 1:47,067 | 3,228 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 80 | 1:221,836 | 4,721 |
| Lebanon | 91% | 78 | 1:72,148 | 2,800 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 72 | 1:11,457 | 672 |
| Jamaica | - | 72 | 1:40,045 | 2,476 |
| Greenland | - | 65 | 1:867 | 198 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 64 | 1:21,272 | 2,472 |
| Zambia | - | 61 | 1:259,915 | 8,083 |
| Qatar | 81% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Finland | 82% | 56 | 1:97,914 | 2,370 |
| Marshall Islands | 97% | 55 | 1:931 | 100 |
| Armenia | 100% | 51 | 1:57,230 | 1,947 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Latvia | 83% | 48 | 1:41,993 | 1,281 |
| Singapore | 100% | 41 | 1:153,343 | 8,029 |
| Hungary | 100% | 38 | 1:257,678 | 1,242 |
| Wales | 98% | 37 | 1:83,630 | 2,261 |
| Lesotho | 92% | 36 | 1:56,667 | 5,773 |
| Palestine | 50% | 35 | 1:130,002 | 2,060 |
| Colombia | 68% | 33 | 1:1,447,846 | 14,049 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| Czechia | 82% | 30 | 1:355,205 | 2,142 |
| Yemen | - | 30 | 1:876,558 | 2,991 |
| Lithuania | 80% | 27 | 1:109,329 | 1,541 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 27 | 1:20,891 | 1,222 |
| American Samoa | - | 26 | 1:2,148 | 357 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Laos | - | 25 | 1:263,474 | 265 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Guinea | 100% | 24 | 1:494,110 | 3,033 |
| Honduras | 100% | 24 | 1:367,394 | 6,443 |
| Estonia | - | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 22 | 1:30,768 | 1,943 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 19 | 1:316,755 | 6,627 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:30,577 | 2,198 |
| Uganda | 75% | 19 | 1:2,155,627 | 27,415 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 18 | 1:402,045 | 4,475 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Belarus | 71% | 17 | 1:557,787 | 3,467 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 17 | 1:947,555 | 4,610 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Ireland | 99% | 16 | 1:290,220 | 4,558 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Liberia | 100% | 15 | 1:294,137 | 9,351 |
| Congo | 50% | 13 | 1:385,323 | 7,484 |
| Kenya | - | 12 | 1:3,858,926 | 23,691 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 12 | 1:442,505 | 2,107 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 12 | 1:285,636 | 4,451 |
| Chile | 100% | 10 | 1:1,760,721 | 12,680 |
| El Salvador | - | 9 | 1:704,643 | 5,397 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Guyana | 100% | 9 | 1:84,807 | 6,788 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Transnistria | - | 9 | 1:52,849 | 793 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Bolivia | - | 5 | 1:2,120,281 | 4,345 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Maldives | 100% | 5 | 1:86,781 | 2,313 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Brunei | - | 3 | 1:139,857 | 2,352 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Belize | - | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Mína (70), Miña (39), Miná (3) & Minà (2) are calculated separately.
Mina (196,435) may also be a surname.
Mina Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. pet-name for Wilhelmina (q.v.).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
This is an English pet-form of Wilhelmina, while Minella is either a diminutive of Mina or a contraction and transposition of Wilhelmina, q. v. Cf. the German Mine, Minna, and the French Mimi. (Yonge.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name abbreviated from Wilhelmina, or from the English form Williamina.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Mina Forename Popularity
Mina Demographics
Mina Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 33 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Mina Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mina in the Russian language | ||
| Мина | mina | - |
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