Patterson Forename

156,264th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 2,279 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Micronesia

Patterson Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Patterson Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
77%
 
8661:418,63411,734
Nigeria
97%
 
1991:892,28323,192
Malawi
100%
1901:90,0655,143
Solomon Islands
100%
1401:4,150559
Zimbabwe
98%
 
1361:113,4107,965
Kenya
100%
1181:392,43312,121
Papua New Guinea
100%
721:113,22710,176
Micronesia
100%
551:1,936289
Brazil
100%
471:4,558,21673,514
Canada-471:704,96516,240
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
461:29,5963,144
South Africa
100%
391:1,398,27347,393
New Zealand-331:137,4565,350
Philippines
100%
301:3,533,64967,483
Australia-301:455,2547,571
India
100%
241:50,619,915863,110
Liberia
100%
241:183,8366,655
Cameroon
100%
231:939,58725,311
Barbados-151:19,3191,454
Uganda
71%
 
101:4,095,69239,987
Malaysia
100%
91:3,383,32786,111
Ghana
100%
91:2,998,4685,965
Saint Lucia
100%
81:22,2272,229
France-81:8,308,79227,570
England
100%
81:6,950,36556,418
Zambia-71:2,264,97121,963
Nicaragua
100%
71:859,76211,907
Guyana-61:127,2108,948
Bahamas-61:66,5621,346
Peru
100%
51:6,358,29142,272
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Venezuela
100%
41:7,550,47390,577
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
Singapore
100%
31:2,095,68522,815
United States Virgin Islands-31:36,5823,060
Germany
100%
31:32,225,95964,270
Turks and Caicos Islands-21:17,3541,059
Pakistan
50%
 
21:97,178,840228,758
Taiwan
100%
21:11,884,841132,786
Anguilla
100%
21:6,628945
Ireland
94%
 
21:2,321,7608,894
Burkina Faso
100%
21:9,189,73469,235
Congo
100%
21:2,504,60231,783
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Nauru
100%
21:5,964459
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Guatemala
100%
11:16,108,42913,998
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512

Patterson (341,414) may also be a surname.

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Patterson