Nicanor Forename

9,891st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 103,368 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Peru

Nicanor Forename Definition:

Greek (masculine) - Victorious.

Nicanor Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
99%
 
36,1631:2,931561
Peru
100%
15,9491:1,993392
Brazil
100%
9,7701:21,9281,963
Mexico
97%
 
8,2451:15,0571,065
Argentina
100%
5,6311:7,596581
Colombia
100%
4,7811:9,994890
Bolivia
100%
4,5091:2,351486
United States
100%
2,8091:129,0635,306
Spain
100%
2,3271:19,9961,181
Paraguay
99%
 
1,9021:3,805633
Chile
100%
1,7361:10,142765
Panama
100%
1,6191:2,413488
Saudi Arabia-1,2241:25,1743,238
Ecuador-1,1621:15,2561,018
Venezuela
100%
1,0741:28,1212,082
Dominican Republic-1,0561:9,8781,165
Moldova
100%
7971:4,468336
Kenya
100%
3681:125,8356,072
Cameroon
100%
3291:65,6853,926
Nicaragua
62%
 
3091:19,4771,497
Honduras
100%
2041:43,2232,108
Cuba-1911:60,2441,665
Uruguay
100%
1451:23,6391,202
Namibia-1331:18,0771,715
Romania
100%
1301:154,2465,867
DR Congo
100%
1161:636,44521,039
Costa Rica
94%
 
951:50,1892,222
Canada
100%
691:480,19412,850
Indonesia-601:4,299,394177,786
Nigeria
100%
451:3,945,87563,797
El Salvador-421:150,9952,549
Taiwan-391:609,47930,796
Guam-381:4,228780
Guatemala
80%
 
341:473,7774,296
India
100%
331:36,814,484702,984
Benin
100%
281:377,70914,020
Jamaica-161:180,2026,282
England
100%
151:3,706,86137,754
Switzerland
100%
111:746,6819,974
Puerto Rico-91:394,4783,471
Sweden
100%
91:1,095,32321,139
Angola-91:2,996,2903,522
Belize
100%
91:39,3683,319
Equatorial Guinea
100%
91:126,410509
Chad
100%
91:1,510,9336,264
Malaysia
100%
71:4,349,991105,289
South Africa
100%
61:9,088,775152,087
Northern Mariana Islands-61:9,1111,173
Uganda
100%
61:6,826,15353,479
France
100%
51:13,294,06836,843
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Trinidad and Tobago-51:272,28413,349
Haiti-41:2,681,73823,796
Portugal-41:2,602,7168,189
Australia-41:3,414,40625,298
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Thailand
100%
41:17,516,453200,944
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Germany
100%
41:24,169,46959,466
Tanzania
100%
31:17,596,10669,562
United States Virgin Islands-31:36,5823,060
Singapore
100%
31:2,095,68522,815
Italy
84%
 
31:20,354,03045,650
Russia-21:72,116,852125,484
Ivory Coast
100%
21:11,537,96695,271
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Andorra-21:41,444944
Belgium
100%
21:5,745,02030,381
Japan-21:63,993,02872,606
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366

Nicanor (10,082) may also be a surname.

Nicanor Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Greek (masculine) - Victorious.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

Ny-kay'-nor, a conqueror, victorious. One of the first deacons that was appointed at Jerusalem, soon after the descent of the Holy Ghost. Acts vi. 5. There is another Nicanor often mentioned in the book of Maccabees, the son of Patroclus, who returned from Rome with Antiothus Epiphanes, and had a great share in the favour of this prince.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: untimely victory.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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