Perpetua Forename

13,780th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 70,414 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Perpetua Forename Definition:

A female name. from Latin perpetuus ‘uninterrupted’, perpetual’. St Perpetua was a 3rd-C virgin martyred with St Felicitas at Carthage and named in the Canon of the Mass. Her name is sometimes used by Roman Catholics.

Perpetua Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
100%
15,7291:11,2891,411
Tanzania
100%
13,1731:4,007694
Philippines
 
99%
7,3201:14,4821,717
Brazil
100%
6,8351:31,3442,582
Mozambique-4,3201:6,3061,134
Zimbabwe
100%
3,8581:3,998664
Peru
100%
3,4721:9,1571,092
Kenya
100%
2,9231:15,8421,711
Angola
100%
2,0241:13,3231,369
Cameroon
100%
1,5651:13,8091,439
India
100%
1,0401:1,168,15272,704
Indonesia-1,0211:252,65823,042
Uganda
100%
7921:51,7133,034
Ghana
100%
6181:43,6672,441
United States
100%
5871:617,61015,189
DR Congo
 
96%
4931:149,7527,120
Spain
100%
4801:96,9372,839
Ecuador-4491:39,4811,582
Mexico
 
99%
4061:305,7744,386
Namibia-3791:6,343875
Argentina
100%
3591:119,1462,007
Venezuela
100%
3371:89,6204,233
South Africa
 
99%
2851:191,34312,556
Colombia
100%
2401:199,0794,706
Portugal-2121:49,1081,712
Papua New Guinea
 
99%
1961:41,5934,074
England
100%
1861:298,9407,571
Haiti
100%
1851:57,9843,735
Chile
100%
1331:132,3852,961
Luxembourg
100%
1101:5,128560
Germany
100%
911:1,062,3948,096
Malaysia
 
91%
651:468,46120,872
Dominican Republic-561:186,2737,851
Canada-471:704,96516,240
Zambia-311:511,44511,609
Paraguay
100%
301:241,2273,553
Saint Lucia
100%
291:6,132984
Uruguay
100%
281:122,4162,875
Slovakia
100%
271:196,6691,333
France-231:2,890,01514,536
Ireland
100%
221:211,0693,894
Guam-171:9,4501,317
Qatar
100%
151:157,97416,771
Nicaragua
100%
141:429,8817,902
Sweden
100%
131:758,30116,746
Honduras
100%
101:881,74710,598
Solomon Islands-101:58,0963,433
Antigua and Barbuda-91:11,0441,733
Equatorial Guinea
100%
91:126,410509
Belgium-81:1,436,25515,198
Australia-81:1,707,20316,445
Thailand
100%
81:8,758,227128,595
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
Panama-71:558,08014,722
Switzerland
100%
71:1,173,35712,989
Trinidad and Tobago-61:226,90311,844
Italy
 
97%
61:10,177,01531,373
Micronesia-51:21,300626
Iceland-51:73,2033,413
Singapore-51:1,257,41116,611
Romania-41:5,012,99431,756
Austria
100%
41:2,128,55010,134
Scotland
 
75%
41:1,337,59211,885
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Norway-31:1,710,77619,445
Cape Verde-31:176,3844,377
Costa Rica
100%
31:1,589,31614,648
Taiwan-31:7,923,22799,341
Guyana-31:254,42114,062
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Northern Ireland
100%
21:921,5733,058
Senegal
100%
21:7,290,67824,413
Croatia-21:2,108,53815,895
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
American Samoa-11:55,8453,376
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Tuvalu-11:11,13189
Egypt
100%
11:91,900,94653,283
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537

The alternate forms: Perpétua (321), Pérpetua (1) & Perpêtua (1) are calculated separately.

Perpetua (3,391) may also be a surname.

Perpetua Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. from Latin perpetuus ‘uninterrupted’, perpetual’. St Perpetua was a 3rd-C virgin martyred with St Felicitas at Carthage and named in the Canon of the Mass. Her name is sometimes used by Roman Catholics.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

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