Patricia Forename
59th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 5,611,684 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Martin
Patricia Forename Definition:
A female name. f. of Patricius (see Patrick). Patricia occurs from time to time in medieval Latin records, but then merely denotes a woman bearing the name Patrick. Its use as a genuine christian name seems to have begun in Scotland in the 18th C.
Read More About This ForenamePatricia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 2,000,288 | 1:181 | 14 |
| Brazil | 98% | 511,095 | 1:419 | 41 |
| Mexico | 100% | 442,205 | 1:281 | 46 |
| France | 100% | 327,431 | 1:203 | 53 |
| England | 100% | 316,507 | 1:176 | 22 |
| Argentina | 100% | 236,248 | 1:181 | 41 |
| Chile | 100% | 138,816 | 1:127 | 14 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 133,054 | 1:1,335 | 239 |
| Spain | 100% | 112,443 | 1:414 | 85 |
| South Africa | 100% | 110,084 | 1:495 | 26 |
| Malawi | 100% | 79,702 | 1:215 | 24 |
| Peru | 100% | 65,685 | 1:484 | 77 |
| Zambia | - | 63,367 | 1:250 | 36 |
| Ghana | 100% | 60,905 | 1:443 | 99 |
| Colombia | 100% | 59,852 | 1:798 | 130 |
| Ecuador | - | 59,532 | 1:298 | 50 |
| Canada | 100% | 49,766 | 1:666 | 140 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 44,789 | 1:344 | 31 |
| Philippines | 99% | 42,976 | 1:2,467 | 494 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 42,461 | 1:250 | 36 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 38,671 | 1:437 | 76 |
| Germany | 100% | 36,377 | 1:2,658 | 380 |
| Belgium | 100% | 35,003 | 1:328 | 56 |
| Kenya | 100% | 33,129 | 1:1,398 | 268 |
| Ireland | 100% | 30,965 | 1:150 | 22 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 28,416 | 1:832 | 182 |
| Scotland | 100% | 24,937 | 1:215 | 43 |
| Uganda | 100% | 24,169 | 1:1,695 | 266 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 23,915 | 1:1,263 | 202 |
| Angola | 100% | 19,434 | 1:1,388 | 279 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 18,214 | 1:2,898 | 536 |
| Wales | 100% | 18,090 | 1:171 | 24 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 16,691 | 1:492 | 100 |
| Australia | - | 16,401 | 1:833 | 185 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16,394 | 1:432 | 103 |
| El Salvador | - | 16,153 | 1:393 | 60 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 15,001 | 1:482 | 91 |
| Haiti | 100% | 14,966 | 1:717 | 102 |
| Central African Republic | - | 14,267 | 1:316 | 117 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 12,892 | 1:809 | 122 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 12,351 | 1:278 | 56 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 12,349 | 1:149 | 24 |
| Liberia | 99% | 12,192 | 1:362 | 72 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 11,716 | 1:6,301 | 745 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 11,306 | 1:1,911 | 378 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 11,244 | 1:1,433 | 296 |
| Romania | 100% | 11,068 | 1:1,812 | 228 |
| Jamaica | - | 10,138 | 1:284 | 25 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 10,040 | 1:475 | 85 |
| New Zealand | - | 7,617 | 1:596 | 139 |
| Congo | 100% | 6,972 | 1:718 | 107 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 6,825 | 1:3,381 | 369 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 6,674 | 1:1,222 | 136 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 6,609 | 1:4,607 | 510 |
| Honduras | 100% | 6,405 | 1:1,377 | 237 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 5,798 | 1:44,492 | 5,748 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 5,559 | 1:2,046 | 442 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5,546 | 1:1,085 | 211 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 4,786 | 1:284 | 9 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,741 | 1:14,779 | 2,206 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4,561 | 1:8,289 | 1,143 |
| Austria | 100% | 4,075 | 1:2,089 | 289 |
| Panama | 100% | 4,048 | 1:965 | 164 |
| Namibia | - | 3,910 | 1:615 | 120 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,151 | 1:4,316 | 648 |
| Poland | 99% | 2,969 | 1:12,808 | 541 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,802 | 1:3,518 | 455 |
| Bahamas | - | 2,768 | 1:144 | 12 |
| Botswana | 99% | 2,595 | 1:842 | 140 |
| Guyana | 100% | 2,258 | 1:338 | 9 |
| Benin | 100% | 2,164 | 1:4,887 | 846 |
| Barbados | - | 2,100 | 1:138 | 6 |
| Egypt | - | 2,039 | 1:45,072 | 2,663 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,925 | 1:82,837 | 6,005 |
| Cuba | - | 1,906 | 1:6,037 | 600 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1,890 | 1:9,725 | 1,042 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,810 | 1:305 | 13 |
| India | 100% | 1,796 | 1:676,435 | 49,787 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,742 | 1:2,038 | 254 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,645 | 1:12,644 | 1,825 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1,593 | 1:354 | 81 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,483 | 1:1,270 | 302 |
| Morocco | - | 1,447 | 1:23,738 | 1,361 |
| Denmark | - | 1,445 | 1:3,910 | 518 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,344 | 1:966 | 136 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,271 | 1:76,759 | 6,049 |
| Gambia | - | 1,230 | 1:1,566 | 270 |
| Swaziland | - | 1,230 | 1:1,057 | 264 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1,159 | 1:8,448 | 302 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,112 | 1:522 | 104 |
| Portugal | - | 1,098 | 1:9,482 | 592 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1,050 | 1:257 | 46 |
| Belize | 100% | 1,041 | 1:340 | 22 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,029 | 1:59,341 | 1,455 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,007 | 1:260 | 43 |
| Singapore | 100% | 979 | 1:6,422 | 1,197 |
| Saint Martin | - | 844 | 1:42 | 6 |
| Malta | - | 790 | 1:543 | 128 |
| Fiji | - | 748 | 1:1,193 | 290 |
| Togo | - | 742 | 1:9,756 | 1,430 |
| French Polynesia | - | 719 | 1:387 | 62 |
| Jersey | 100% | 637 | 1:157 | 20 |
| Guam | - | 576 | 1:279 | 29 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 554 | 1:198 | 12 |
| Greece | 100% | 553 | 1:19,773 | 984 |
| Norway | 100% | 534 | 1:9,611 | 861 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 516 | 1:345 | 26 |
| Dominica | - | 512 | 1:147 | 29 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 469 | 1:1,857 | 287 |
| Mali | 100% | 442 | 1:38,411 | 2,315 |
| Croatia | 100% | 421 | 1:10,017 | 781 |
| Bermuda | - | 404 | 1:160 | 9 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 386 | 1:6,370 | 720 |
| Hong Kong | - | 366 | 1:21,182 | 2,156 |
| Finland | 100% | 365 | 1:15,022 | 967 |
| Samoa | - | 365 | 1:535 | 163 |
| Japan | - | 351 | 1:364,633 | 9,487 |
| Czechia | 100% | 341 | 1:31,250 | 694 |
| China | - | 339 | 1:4,029,663 | 51,313 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 304 | 1:180 | 4 |
| Guernsey | - | 302 | 1:210 | 38 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 295 | 1:337 | 15 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 293 | 1:381 | 16 |
| Senegal | 99% | 290 | 1:50,281 | 2,003 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 285 | 1:547 | 170 |
| Grenada | 100% | 268 | 1:403 | 43 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 258 | 1:238 | 19 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 257 | 1:27,829 | 2,715 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Andorra | - | 225 | 1:368 | 64 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 215 | 1:9,488 | 1,378 |
| Qatar | 100% | 197 | 1:12,028 | 1,918 |
| Cape Verde | - | 195 | 1:2,714 | 438 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 194 | 1:282 | 40 |
| Micronesia | - | 191 | 1:558 | 95 |
| Aruba | - | 188 | 1:552 | 79 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 143 | 1:37,133 | 668 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 136 | 1:70 | 9 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 132 | 1:263 | 20 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 129 | 1:718 | 162 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 128 | 1:244 | 6 |
| Kuwait | - | 123 | 1:30,775 | 2,974 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 120 | 1:1,619,647 | 23,813 |
| Moldova | 100% | 115 | 1:30,966 | 746 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 115 | 1:1,670 | 336 |
| Monaco | 100% | 97 | 1:397 | 54 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 90 | 1:421 | 97 |
| American Samoa | - | 89 | 1:627 | 46 |
| Albania | 100% | 84 | 1:36,269 | 3,749 |
| Russia | 97% | 78 | 1:1,849,150 | 12,818 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Israel | 90% | 72 | 1:116,707 | 4,703 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 65 | 1:90 | 16 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 54 | 1:440,179 | 26,547 |
| South Korea | - | 52 | 1:106,623 | 5,306 |
| Iceland | 100% | 46 | 1:7,957 | 802 |
| Turkey | 100% | 46 | 1:1,691,342 | 13,066 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:1,164 | 143 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 42 | 1:316 | 11 |
| Estonia | 100% | 31 | 1:42,432 | 2,607 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 30 | 1:210 | 44 |
| Nauru | 100% | 29 | 1:411 | 43 |
| Vietnam | - | 29 | 1:3,193,900 | 3,365 |
| Jordan | - | 25 | 1:353,071 | 3,291 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:864 | 137 |
| Macau | - | 21 | 1:28,962 | 428 |
| Guinea | - | 20 | 1:592,932 | 3,065 |
| Niue | - | 20 | 1:80 | 7 |
| Oman | - | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 80% | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Serbia | 100% | 16 | 1:446,608 | 4,712 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Afghanistan | - | 13 | 1:2,509,501 | 20,196 |
| Latvia | 100% | 13 | 1:155,050 | 2,346 |
| Niger | 100% | 13 | 1:1,475,692 | 20,181 |
| Montserrat | - | 12 | 1:406 | 30 |
| Myanmar | - | 11 | 1:4,722,570 | 1,407 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 11 | 1:211 | 26 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Burundi | - | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Comoros | - | 9 | 1:84,593 | 329 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Lebanon | - | 9 | 1:625,286 | 7,004 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Brunei | - | 8 | 1:52,446 | 1,266 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Syria | - | 7 | 1:2,758,011 | 4,869 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Kosovo | - | 6 | 1:310,240 | 9,823 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Armenia | - | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Patrícia (319,715) are calculated separately.
Patricia (17,354) may also be a surname.
Patricia Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. f. of Patricius (see Patrick). Patricia occurs from time to time in medieval Latin records, but then merely denotes a woman bearing the name Patrick. Its use as a genuine christian name seems to have begun in Scotland in the 18th C. but it was uncommon until the present century, when it became popular owing to Princess (Victoria) Patricia (Helena Elizabeth) of Connaught (b. 1886), usually known as Princess Patricia. It is frequently abbreviated to Pat or Paddy.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The f. of Patrick has, to an amusing extent, been influenced, socially, by its etymological sense (‘patrician’), whereas Patrick is as wide as the air. It is said to be of Scottish coinage.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Latin name, meaning: Of noble birth.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 434,516 (2014)
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