Prince Forename
1,123rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 829,483 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Congo
Prince Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: Of the ruling house.
Prince Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 100% | 194,908 | 1:138 | 16 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 124,024 | 1:1,432 | 256 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 70,264 | 1:1,051 | 205 |
| Congo | 100% | 60,720 | 1:82 | 7 |
| Central African Republic | - | 50,584 | 1:89 | 9 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 45,904 | 1:154 | 35 |
| India | 100% | 45,461 | 1:26,724 | 3,768 |
| Bangladesh | 99% | 39,041 | 1:4,084 | 582 |
| Liberia | 99% | 36,521 | 1:121 | 12 |
| Malawi | 100% | 26,102 | 1:656 | 142 |
| South Africa | 100% | 16,378 | 1:3,330 | 630 |
| United States | 95% | 9,156 | 1:39,596 | 2,427 |
| Egypt | 98% | 8,979 | 1:10,235 | 956 |
| Philippines | 97% | 7,916 | 1:13,392 | 1,647 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 6,008 | 1:2,567 | 461 |
| Zambia | - | 5,938 | 1:2,670 | 456 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 5,801 | 1:1,960 | 427 |
| Iran | 100% | 5,306 | 1:14,794 | 964 |
| Togo | - | 4,862 | 1:1,489 | 225 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Sudan | - | 4,165 | 1:9,077 | 1,203 |
| Tanzania | 97% | 3,975 | 1:13,280 | 1,565 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,935 | 1:5,286 | 895 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,847 | 1:8,010 | 1,186 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,728 | 1:505 | 78 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3,192 | 1:14,507 | 1,613 |
| Gambia | - | 3,076 | 1:626 | 148 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,721 | 1:8,684 | 1,463 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,309 | 1:16,469 | 627 |
| Libya | - | 2,203 | 1:2,824 | 494 |
| Morocco | - | 2,075 | 1:16,554 | 1,094 |
| Pakistan | 84% | 2,060 | 1:94,348 | 4,289 |
| England | 99% | 1,966 | 1:28,282 | 1,591 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,714 | 1:1,274 | 225 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,613 | 1:13,398 | 1,406 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,236 | 1:11,002 | 1,722 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 1,159 | 1:19,910 | 1,821 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Swaziland | - | 1,025 | 1:1,268 | 308 |
| Benin | 100% | 996 | 1:10,618 | 1,415 |
| Canada | 100% | 828 | 1:40,016 | 2,865 |
| Oman | - | 804 | 1:5,110 | 700 |
| Mali | 100% | 773 | 1:21,963 | 1,514 |
| Jamaica | - | 749 | 1:3,849 | 684 |
| Bahrain | - | 592 | 1:2,278 | 377 |
| Bahamas | - | 499 | 1:800 | 203 |
| Australia | - | 405 | 1:33,723 | 1,884 |
| Indonesia | - | 389 | 1:663,146 | 46,095 |
| Uganda | 99% | 365 | 1:112,211 | 4,880 |
| Brazil | 100% | 355 | 1:603,482 | 18,622 |
| France | 100% | 318 | 1:209,026 | 3,329 |
| Algeria | - | 289 | 1:132,099 | 2,683 |
| Guyana | 93% | 285 | 1:2,678 | 527 |
| China | - | 265 | 1:5,154,927 | 55,870 |
| Germany | 100% | 256 | 1:377,648 | 4,460 |
| Cambodia | 76% | 251 | 1:64,834 | 3,509 |
| Guinea | 100% | 251 | 1:47,246 | 1,566 |
| Russia | 90% | 246 | 1:586,316 | 6,042 |
| New Zealand | - | 225 | 1:20,160 | 1,577 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 93% | 219 | 1:6,217 | 1,035 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 213 | 1:79,353 | 4,513 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 209 | 1:145,693 | 9,225 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 194 | 1:158,693 | 3,996 |
| Spain | 100% | 182 | 1:255,659 | 4,615 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 172 | 1:48,691 | 2,122 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Thailand | 93% | 150 | 1:467,105 | 22,694 |
| Belgium | 100% | 149 | 1:77,114 | 3,034 |
| Haiti | 100% | 143 | 1:75,014 | 4,564 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 136 | 1:76,701 | 4,403 |
| Italy | 95% | 115 | 1:530,975 | 5,563 |
| Sweden | 100% | 112 | 1:88,017 | 3,932 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 109 | 1:65,615 | 5,687 |
| Japan | - | 83 | 1:1,542,001 | 17,830 |
| Barbados | - | 82 | 1:3,534 | 635 |
| Afghanistan | 90% | 75 | 1:434,980 | 7,748 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 74 | 1:248,371 | 10,440 |
| Papua New Guinea | 84% | 69 | 1:118,149 | 10,589 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Singapore | 100% | 66 | 1:95,258 | 7,349 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 64 | 1:277,294 | 5,344 |
| Ireland | 100% | 63 | 1:73,707 | 2,074 |
| Tunisia | - | 63 | 1:10,744 | 1,050 |
| Namibia | - | 57 | 1:42,179 | 2,794 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 55 | 1:1,807 | 380 |
| Mexico | 57% | 55 | 1:2,257,171 | 12,720 |
| Scotland | 100% | 50 | 1:107,007 | 2,484 |
| Angola | - | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| Burundi | 100% | 49 | 1:202,175 | 572 |
| Jordan | 98% | 48 | 1:183,891 | 2,584 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Peru | 56% | 45 | 1:706,477 | 10,982 |
| Senegal | 100% | 45 | 1:324,030 | 5,183 |
| Greece | 100% | 40 | 1:273,364 | 4,844 |
| Norway | 100% | 39 | 1:131,598 | 3,847 |
| Nepal | - | 37 | 1:769,928 | 18,633 |
| Belize | 100% | 35 | 1:10,123 | 1,523 |
| Solomon Islands | 90% | 34 | 1:17,087 | 1,462 |
| Hong Kong | - | 33 | 1:234,931 | 3,399 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 33 | 1:165,845 | 1,456 |
| Grenada | 100% | 32 | 1:3,379 | 620 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 30 | 1:273,783 | 5,582 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 27 | 1:6,586 | 1,033 |
| Wales | 100% | 27 | 1:114,604 | 2,631 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 26 | 1:78,461 | 7,234 |
| Denmark | - | 25 | 1:225,980 | 4,802 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Mauritius | - | 25 | 1:51,911 | 3,113 |
| Hungary | 94% | 24 | 1:407,990 | 1,624 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 23 | 1:419,258 | 9,329 |
| Venezuela | 68% | 23 | 1:1,313,126 | 26,144 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 21 | 1:5,313 | 910 |
| South Korea | - | 21 | 1:264,020 | 8,921 |
| Colombia | - | 20 | 1:2,388,946 | 18,551 |
| Costa Rica | 86% | 20 | 1:238,397 | 5,063 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 20 | 1:1,735 | 462 |
| Finland | 97% | 18 | 1:304,621 | 4,354 |
| Chile | 65% | 17 | 1:1,035,718 | 9,287 |
| Vietnam | - | 17 | 1:5,448,418 | 3,651 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 16 | 1:351,723 | 5,446 |
| Belarus | 100% | 15 | 1:632,159 | 3,807 |
| Panama | 89% | 15 | 1:260,437 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:9,146 | 1,253 |
| Maldives | - | 10 | 1:43,390 | 1,460 |
| Niger | 100% | 10 | 1:1,918,399 | 23,776 |
| Syria | - | 10 | 1:1,930,608 | 3,897 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 10 | 1:2,376,968 | 55,480 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Argentina | 75% | 8 | 1:5,346,655 | 13,183 |
| Israel | 89% | 8 | 1:1,050,365 | 14,379 |
| Ukraine | - | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Czechia | 98% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 7 | 1:45,448 | 2,099 |
| Turkey | - | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Dominica | - | 6 | 1:12,578 | 436 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 6 | 1:995,546 | 22,001 |
| Mauritania | - | 6 | 1:682,540 | 11,802 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 6 | 1:9,144 | 1,176 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Moldova | - | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 5 | 1:1,447,361 | 8,023 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Croatia | - | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Princé (5), Prinçe (1), Prīnce (1) & Prìñçè (1) are calculated separately.
Prince (140,316) may also be a surname.
Prince Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: Of the ruling house.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 10 (2016)
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