Perry Forename
7,735th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 134,750 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Mariana Islands
Perry Forename Definition:
The diminutive of the preceding.
Perry Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 88,636 | 1:4,090 | 633 |
| Canada | 100% | 10,086 | 1:3,285 | 596 |
| England | 99% | 5,473 | 1:10,159 | 800 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,214 | 1:6,404 | 731 |
| Egypt | 100% | 3,926 | 1:23,408 | 1,702 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3,551 | 1:4,760 | 743 |
| Philippines | 85% | 3,214 | 1:32,984 | 2,825 |
| Zambia | - | 1,634 | 1:9,703 | 1,077 |
| Liberia | 98% | 1,562 | 1:2,825 | 393 |
| Indonesia | - | 1,329 | 1:194,104 | 18,897 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 906 | 1:195,987 | 8,572 |
| Australia | - | 896 | 1:15,243 | 1,190 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| New Zealand | - | 701 | 1:6,471 | 824 |
| Uganda | 86% | 697 | 1:58,762 | 3,280 |
| South Africa | 90% | 483 | 1:112,904 | 8,785 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88% | 457 | 1:17,839 | 1,771 |
| Israel | 96% | 420 | 1:20,007 | 1,896 |
| China | - | 382 | 1:3,576,062 | 51,248 |
| Bahamas | - | 313 | 1:1,276 | 304 |
| Germany | 99% | 306 | 1:315,941 | 4,021 |
| Malaysia | 83% | 294 | 1:103,571 | 7,208 |
| India | 83% | 233 | 1:5,214,069 | 196,571 |
| Kenya | - | 224 | 1:206,728 | 8,306 |
| Chile | 54% | 214 | 1:82,277 | 2,303 |
| Hong Kong | - | 212 | 1:36,569 | 2,419 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 200 | 1:6,807 | 1,110 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 185 | 1:399,068 | 14,867 |
| Zimbabwe | 58% | 185 | 1:83,372 | 6,343 |
| Afghanistan | 87% | 175 | 1:186,420 | 4,914 |
| Norway | 100% | 173 | 1:29,667 | 1,520 |
| Sweden | 98% | 172 | 1:57,313 | 2,902 |
| Wales | 99% | 165 | 1:18,753 | 1,083 |
| Jamaica | - | 133 | 1:21,678 | 1,728 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 117 | 1:89,156 | 4,839 |
| Thailand | 98% | 116 | 1:604,016 | 26,802 |
| Suriname | - | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Singapore | 86% | 107 | 1:58,758 | 6,819 |
| Belgium | 99% | 99 | 1:116,061 | 3,717 |
| Ireland | 100% | 88 | 1:52,767 | 1,694 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 86 | 1:251,285 | 9,969 |
| Malawi | - | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Scotland | 100% | 80 | 1:66,880 | 1,862 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| France | 100% | 71 | 1:936,202 | 7,555 |
| Denmark | - | 66 | 1:85,598 | 2,621 |
| Brazil | 100% | 64 | 1:3,347,440 | 59,777 |
| Japan | - | 57 | 1:2,245,369 | 20,551 |
| Russia | 57% | 54 | 1:2,670,995 | 16,227 |
| Guam | - | 45 | 1:3,570 | 683 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 43 | 1:1,271 | 265 |
| Iraq | 100% | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 34 | 1:5,230 | 859 |
| Guyana | 100% | 32 | 1:23,852 | 2,782 |
| Honduras | 100% | 32 | 1:275,546 | 5,509 |
| Italy | 78% | 31 | 1:1,969,745 | 13,753 |
| Switzerland | 97% | 29 | 1:283,224 | 5,698 |
| Barbados | - | 28 | 1:10,350 | 1,088 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 28 | 1:2,189 | 487 |
| Mauritius | - | 26 | 1:49,915 | 3,034 |
| Congo | 100% | 25 | 1:200,368 | 6,244 |
| Greece | 100% | 25 | 1:437,382 | 6,259 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 22 | 1:1,080,440 | 39,831 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:1,645 | 365 |
| Grenada | 100% | 19 | 1:5,691 | 906 |
| Argentina | 55% | 17 | 1:2,516,073 | 8,541 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 17 | 1:2,042 | 490 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 17 | 1:6,456 | 983 |
| Jersey | 100% | 16 | 1:6,249 | 672 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 91% | 14 | 1:7,970 | 1,208 |
| Spain | - | 14 | 1:3,323,569 | 14,016 |
| Tanzania | 60% | 14 | 1:3,770,594 | 24,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Finland | 72% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 12 | 1:47,004 | 1,881 |
| South Korea | - | 12 | 1:462,035 | 12,149 |
| Belize | 100% | 11 | 1:32,210 | 2,977 |
| Mexico | 100% | 11 | 1:11,285,857 | 32,937 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Northern Ireland | 71% | 7 | 1:263,307 | 1,965 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| Oman | 100% | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Guatemala | - | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Venezuela | - | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Czechia | 90% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Pérry (1) are calculated separately.
Perry (380,979) may also be a surname.
Perry Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The diminutive of the preceding.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: Precious gems: jewels.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Perry Forename Popularity
Perry Demographics
Perry Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 4 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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