Prosper Forename
3,644th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 288,532 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Burundi
Prosper Forename Definition:
Latin prosper or prosperus, ‘fortunate,’ ‘prosperous,’ from spero, ‘I hope,’ became medieval Italian prospero, a name which Shakespeare ‘must have heard through the famous condottiere, Prospero Colonna, when he bestowed it upon his wondrous magician, Duke of Milan’ (Yonge).
Read More About This ForenameProsper Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 57,041 | 1:1,294 | 241 |
| Burundi | 100% | 54,310 | 1:182 | 19 |
| Ghana | 100% | 38,656 | 1:698 | 165 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 22,921 | 1:2,303 | 438 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 19,579 | 1:581 | 123 |
| Nigeria | 89% | 17,367 | 1:10,224 | 1,312 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 11,929 | 1:1,812 | 361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 10,376 | 1:435 | 180 |
| Benin | 100% | 6,903 | 1:1,532 | 359 |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 6,627 | 1:2,327 | 425 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 6,348 | 1:3,722 | 817 |
| Togo | - | 6,016 | 1:1,203 | 168 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,277 | 1:22,810 | 2,933 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3,326 | 1:5,526 | 701 |
| Uganda | 91% | 2,844 | 1:14,401 | 1,298 |
| Zambia | - | 2,790 | 1:5,683 | 759 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,163 | 1:6,287 | 1,000 |
| France | 99% | 1,521 | 1:43,702 | 1,418 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 1,403 | 1:16,448 | 1,599 |
| Malawi | 81% | 1,269 | 1:13,485 | 1,370 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,243 | 1:1,515 | 363 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,183 | 1:9,068 | 1,017 |
| Congo | 100% | 999 | 1:5,014 | 745 |
| Guinea | 100% | 998 | 1:11,882 | 771 |
| Israel | 99% | 922 | 1:9,114 | 1,205 |
| Belgium | 100% | 914 | 1:12,571 | 1,197 |
| Mali | 100% | 773 | 1:21,963 | 1,514 |
| United States | 100% | 734 | 1:493,920 | 13,088 |
| Senegal | 100% | 556 | 1:26,225 | 1,406 |
| South Africa | 94% | 529 | 1:103,086 | 8,279 |
| England | 98% | 251 | 1:221,526 | 6,291 |
| Canada | 100% | 232 | 1:142,816 | 6,262 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| India | 100% | 154 | 1:7,888,818 | 257,745 |
| Liberia | 91% | 141 | 1:31,291 | 1,901 |
| Egypt | - | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 101 | 1:167,347 | 6,845 |
| Botswana | 100% | 90 | 1:24,272 | 2,834 |
| Philippines | 88% | 84 | 1:1,262,018 | 32,068 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 81 | 1:101,401 | 3,171 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 80 | 1:130,391 | 6,179 |
| Germany | 100% | 41 | 1:2,357,997 | 12,782 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Brazil | 100% | 30 | 1:7,141,205 | 98,999 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Iceland | - | 27 | 1:13,556 | 1,098 |
| Croatia | 100% | 26 | 1:162,195 | 3,156 |
| Sweden | 100% | 24 | 1:410,746 | 11,228 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Australia | - | 21 | 1:650,363 | 9,310 |
| Spain | 100% | 20 | 1:2,326,498 | 12,382 |
| Kenya | - | 18 | 1:2,572,617 | 21,139 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Russia | 75% | 16 | 1:9,014,606 | 35,676 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 10 | 1:56,405 | 2,050 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Norway | 100% | 8 | 1:641,541 | 10,538 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 7 | 1:4,349,991 | 105,289 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Finland | 50% | 6 | 1:913,864 | 8,662 |
| Thailand | 100% | 6 | 1:11,677,636 | 152,954 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Italy | 100% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,070,073 | 10,235 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Peru | 100% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Poland | - | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Venezuela | - | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Indonesia | - | 1 | 1:257,963,668 | 1,335,696 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
The alternate forms: Prošper (37), Prospèr (5), Pròsper (2), Prospêr (1) & Prósper (1) are calculated separately.
Prosper (47,230) may also be a surname.
Prosper Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Latin prosper or prosperus, ‘fortunate,’ ‘prosperous,’ from spero, ‘I hope,’ became medieval Italian prospero, a name which Shakespeare ‘must have heard through the famous condottiere, Prospero Colonna, when he bestowed it upon his wondrous magician, Duke of Milan’ (Yonge). It is, however, worth noting that in C5 there lived two—or was it three?—bishops named Prosper, one of whom was a very great controversialist.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Prosper Forename Popularity
Prosper Demographics
Average Prosper Salary in
United States
$47,648 USD
Per year
Rank:
153,262 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00021155
Rank: 12,714 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
109.46%
Sample size: 366 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Prosper Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Prosper in the Russian language | ||
| Проспер | prosper | - |
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