Pancras Forename

191,698th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,622 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Pancras Forename Definition:

In one town of Devonshire parents have had a fancy for christening their boys Pancras, after the youthful patron of their church. The name in Greek means ‘all head,’ perhaps ‘very wise.’

Pancras Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania
98%
 
9461:55,8023,919
Kenya
100%
1801:257,2629,563
DR Congo
100%
1571:470,24016,785
Uganda
98%
 
1131:362,4519,698
Malawi
100%
1061:161,4377,641
Benin
100%
411:257,94711,095
Netherlands
100%
161:1,056,38017,844
United States-81:45,317,122288,724
Cameroon
100%
81:2,701,31352,296
India
84%
 
61:202,479,6622,100,642
Nigeria
87%
 
61:29,594,060217,150
South Africa
100%
51:10,906,530170,325
Malaysia
100%
41:7,612,485167,458
Zambia-31:5,284,93137,895
England
100%
31:18,534,307106,915
China-31:455,351,92789,064
Saint Lucia
100%
31:59,2724,116
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

Pancras (5,011) may also be a surname.

Pancras Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

In one town of Devonshire parents have had a fancy for christening their boys Pancras, after the youthful patron of their church. The name in Greek means ‘all head,’ perhaps ‘very wise.’

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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