Pedro Forename

50th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 6,446,070 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Pedro Forename Definition:

A Spanish name, meaning: Form of Peter.

Pedro Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil
100%
1,534,9041:14010
Mexico
100%
848,2001:14615
Angola
100%
386,1241:705
Colombia
100%
358,2551:13315
Spain
100%
353,5701:13215
Argentina
100%
315,6821:13520
Venezuela
100%
293,2571:1039
Mozambique-290,3941:947
Portugal-257,5721:403
Peru
100%
236,2961:13511
Guatemala
100%
219,5961:737
Philippines
99%
 
191,0001:55572
United States
100%
179,9801:2,014393
Chile
100%
136,1661:12916
Ecuador-127,8891:13915
Cuba-115,1511:10015
Dominican Republic-91,4131:11414
Paraguay
100%
73,9951:985
Bolivia
100%
57,4701:18416
Nicaragua
100%
53,9291:11212
Honduras
100%
49,4441:17817
Guinea-Bissau-40,9691:4215
El Salvador-38,9791:16320
Puerto Rico-31,0171:11422
East Timor-29,7791:416
Equatorial Guinea
100%
21,0471:544
Uruguay
100%
15,0361:22845
Panama
100%
14,1411:27621
France
100%
12,1711:5,461465
Costa Rica
100%
9,2581:51593
Nigeria
100%
4,4181:40,1913,195
Cape Verde-3,8021:13912
England
100%
3,7591:14,7921,029
Canada
100%
3,0721:10,7861,229
South Africa
96%
 
3,0341:17,9742,593
Thailand
100%
2,9021:24,1443,193
Poland
100%
2,6861:14,158571
Germany
100%
2,6181:36,9281,251
Netherlands
100%
2,5991:6,503924
Switzerland
100%
2,4481:3,355547
Morocco-2,2661:15,1581,039
Belgium
100%
2,1681:5,300772
Haiti
100%
2,1421:5,008705
India
88%
 
2,0521:592,04645,335
Sudan
100%
1,7851:21,1802,091
Belize
100%
1,7491:2038
Togo-1,6481:4,393732
Indonesia
100%
1,1181:230,73721,526
DR Congo
100%
1,0681:69,1274,069
Ghana-9551:28,2581,855
Australia-7711:17,7141,316
Sweden
100%
6771:14,5611,130
Saudi Arabia-6411:48,0705,572
Luxembourg
100%
6061:931193
Namibia-5791:4,152654
Italy
100%
5781:105,6441,958
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
5461:35233
Palau-5121:4213
Suriname-4941:1,119222
Curaçao
100%
4891:31967
Aruba-4551:22810
Guam-3871:41563
Russia
95%
 
3741:385,6524,645
Egypt
 
67%
3691:249,0548,446
Benin
100%
2921:36,2193,180
Bahamas-2861:1,396335
Sri Lanka-2861:72,7246,418
Gabon-2811:6,7021,252
Andorra-2621:31654
Zimbabwe
97%
 
2451:62,9545,139
Ireland
100%
2351:19,760991
Norway
100%
2301:22,3141,286
Northern Mariana Islands-2291:23930
Israel
99%
 
2071:40,5942,786
Japan-1921:666,59412,611
Malawi
100%
1901:90,0655,143
United Arab Emirates-1781:40,1803,708
Algeria-1701:224,5693,336
China-1661:8,229,25259,481
Jamaica-1661:17,3691,555
New Zealand-1561:29,0771,954
Denmark-1541:36,6851,597
Malaysia
95%
 
1501:203,00011,691
Fiji-1441:6,1971,398
Scotland
100%
1341:39,9281,405
Barbados-1321:2,195473
Papua New Guinea
100%
1161:70,2796,677
Tajikistan-1141:73,4642,601
Vanuatu-1061:2,470570
Congo
93%
 
1041:48,1653,683
Swaziland-1031:12,6231,554
Oman-1001:41,0872,443
Malta-971:4,426628
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
971:14,0351,887
Qatar
100%
921:25,7573,566
Afghanistan
 
67%
891:366,5567,097
Finland
100%
891:61,6091,886
United States Virgin Islands-881:1,247249
Kuwait-761:49,8064,237
Botswana
100%
741:29,5203,260
Estonia
100%
681:19,3441,653
Hong Kong-681:114,0112,889
Micronesia-651:1,638263
Taiwan
100%
651:365,68724,246
Iraq
100%
631:555,8395,912
Macau-631:9,654275
Czechia
100%
621:171,8741,478
Austria
100%
591:144,3082,550
Senegal
100%
591:247,1424,529
Liberia
100%
581:76,0703,552
Singapore
100%
521:120,9057,686
Wales
100%
521:59,5061,904
Ethiopia-491:1,991,0238,071
Lebanon
100%
451:125,0573,539
Kazakhstan
100%
391:455,0477,005
Ukraine
100%
391:1,166,6643,672
Romania-381:527,68414,809
Belarus
93%
 
371:256,2812,042
Gibraltar-361:948199
South Korea-331:168,0136,906
Greece
100%
311:352,7275,549
Bermuda-301:2,161469
Turkmenistan-271:202,6991,615
Latvia
100%
261:77,5251,691
Iceland-251:14,6411,158
Ivory Coast
100%
251:923,03728,068
Madagascar-251:945,1762,170
Cameroon
100%
221:982,29626,157
French Polynesia-221:12,6321,507
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
201:5,579946
Northern Ireland
100%
191:97,0081,465
Antigua and Barbuda-181:5,5221,017
Cayman Islands
100%
171:3,606715
Uganda
100%
171:2,409,23129,243
Guernsey-161:3,958490
Guyana
100%
161:47,7044,533
Rwanda-161:710,7151,599
Jersey-151:6,665705
Moldova-151:237,4092,006
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
151:3,657689
Tunisia-151:45,1272,412
Georgia
75%
 
141:267,0336,407
Burkina Faso
50%
 
131:1,413,80535,544
Kenya-131:3,562,08522,986
Saint Lucia
100%
121:14,8181,739
Vietnam-121:7,718,5933,884
Monaco
100%
111:3,497622
Azerbaijan
100%
101:964,29414,459
Cyprus-101:87,1082,498
Hungary
100%
101:979,1772,758
Kyrgyzstan
100%
101:597,32817,002
Bangladesh-91:17,717,93019,122
British Virgin Islands-91:3,472705
Central African Republic-91:501,710504
Grenada
100%
91:12,0141,427
Tanzania
100%
91:5,865,36930,875
Anguilla
100%
71:1,894342
Bulgaria
100%
71:998,62710,919
Greenland-71:8,053908
American Samoa-61:9,3081,982
Cambodia-61:2,712,22228,071
Croatia
100%
61:702,8466,921
Slovenia-61:409,7935,154
Zambia-61:2,642,46623,928
Albania
100%
51:609,31420,025
Iran-51:15,699,37437,124
Marshall Islands
100%
51:10,2461,467
Armenia
100%
41:729,6887,125
Bahrain-41:337,1684,986
Chad
100%
41:3,399,6008,891
Guinea
100%
41:2,964,6625,204
Libya-41:1,555,3271,779
Mali-41:4,244,4395,329
Seychelles-41:23,1681,192
Uzbekistan-41:7,696,61011,277
Brunei-31:139,8572,352
Dominica-31:25,157718
Slovakia-31:1,770,0215,487
Bhutan-21:412,4644,948
Liechtenstein-21:18,928806
Mauritius-21:648,8928,630
Montenegro-21:317,2883,822
Niger-21:9,591,99755,581
Syria-21:9,653,0387,712
Turks and Caicos Islands-21:17,3541,059
Abkhazia
100%
11:243,4223,525
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Cook Islands-11:18,1531,349
Falkland Islands-11:3,142392
Faroe Islands-11:49,1272,467
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Jordan
100%
11:8,826,77411,126
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
North Macedonia
100%
11:2,090,75715,787
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
New Caledonia
100%
11:270,1643,221
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Palestine
100%
11:4,550,0585,739
Saint Barthelemy-11:9,555215
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha-11:5,829386
San Marino-11:32,920787
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Tonga-11:107,436779
Transnistria-11:475,6382,115
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474

The alternate forms: Pédro (37), Pedró (7), Pèdro (6) & Pedrô (1) are calculated separately.

Pedro (618,208) may also be a surname.

Pedro Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Spanish name, meaning: Form of Peter.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Pedro Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pédro9337/
Pedró937/
Pèdro936/
Pedrô931/
Piedro91275/
Pedros91240/
Phedro91159/
Peddro9164/
Pedroa9131/
Pedroo9131/
Peedro9125/
Pedrro9116/
Pedroh9114/
Pedhro9114/
Pedroj9113/
Ppedro9112/
Pedrop9110/
Peidro919/
Pedroi917/
Poedro916/
Pedrot916/
Pedrod916/
Paedro915/
Pedrou915/
Petdro915/
Peudro914/
Pehdro914/
Pedroy913/
Peadro913/
Pedroz913/
Pesdro912/
Pedrho912/
P'edro911/
Phedros8324/
Phiedro839/
Pedroos834/
Pedross834/
Pieddro833/
Phaedro832/
Paedruo831/
Peesdro831/
Peedroo831/
Phedrod831/
Petdros831/
Pietdro831/
Phedrot831/
Pedra806,897/
Padro80368/
Pidro80363/
Podro8015/
Pydro801/
Þë'pedro771/
Phedra73421/
Piedra73119/
Pedras7369/
Paedra7329/
Pedrat7326/
Pidros7310/
Pedraz739/
Petdra737/
Paydro736/
Pidrou735/
Pedrah734/
Peidra733/
Padroo732/
Paidro732/
Piëdro732/
Pyodro732/
Patdro732/
Pisdro731/
Pidroo731/
Peadra731/
Pitdro731/
Padhro731/
Peidró731/
Peddra731/
Peedra731/
Pedrad731/
Pedrau731/
Phadro731/
Phidro731/
Puidro731/
Pédrro731/
Pidroh731/
Phaedra673,109/
Pheadra67103/
Phidros6723/
Pahadro6710/
Phiedra676/
Phoedra675/
Pheydra674/
Padhroo673/
Peidera672/
Piedrah672/
Pidross671/
Pedraha671/
Pedrast671/
Phidroj671/
Phidrot671/
Pheddra671/
Phedrah671/
Peadrah671/
Ptdr671/
Pudr671/

Pedro Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pedro in the Russian language
Педроpedro-

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