Prudencia Forename

27,081st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 31,187 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Prudencia Forename Definition:

A female name. Latin prudentia ‘prudence’. The name is found in use in the 13th C (cf. Clemency, Pleasance), and was revived, with other similar names, after the Reformation. It was rather common in the 17th and 18th C, often abbreviated to Prue.

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Prudencia Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon
100%
4,7001:4,598738
Peru
100%
4,5071:7,054937
Mexico
100%
4,1371:30,0081,498
Philippines
 
98%
3,1481:33,6752,870
Bolivia
100%
2,3781:4,458717
Spain
100%
2,1671:21,4721,245
Argentina
100%
1,8681:22,898984
Venezuela
100%
8771:34,4382,354
Guatemala
 
99%
8391:19,2001,169
Brazil
100%
7141:300,05111,640
Benin
100%
6551:16,1461,870
United States
100%
6141:590,45114,711
Colombia
100%
5621:85,0162,972
Honduras
100%
5421:16,2681,304
Paraguay
 
99%
5011:14,4451,131
Congo
100%
4621:10,8421,372
Dominican Republic-4511:23,1292,076
DR Congo
 
98%
3831:192,7618,554
El Salvador-2421:26,2061,195
Nicaragua
100%
2201:27,3561,776
Panama
100%
2181:17,9201,861
Chile
 
99%
1671:105,4322,636
Cuba-1361:84,6071,901
Tanzania
100%
1011:522,65714,629
Belize
100%
751:4,724973
Nigeria
100%
741:2,399,51845,283
India
100%
711:17,110,957427,141
South Africa
100%
641:852,07334,333
Uruguay
100%
461:74,5142,241
Portugal-371:281,3755,179
Angola
100%
361:749,0722,190
Ecuador-241:738,6226,595
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
221:61,8835,136
Haiti
100%
181:595,94212,890
Costa Rica
100%
161:297,9975,686
Zimbabwe
100%
151:1,028,25436,015
England
100%
101:5,560,29248,776
Kenya-81:5,788,38930,473
United States Virgin Islands-81:13,7181,590
Senegal
100%
61:2,430,22614,702
France
100%
61:11,078,39032,981
Malaysia
100%
51:6,089,988140,568
Germany
100%
51:19,335,57551,270
Wales
100%
51:618,8627,373
Equatorial Guinea
100%
41:284,422684
Central African Republic-41:1,128,848698
Belgium
100%
41:2,872,51022,632
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
41:27,8953,010
Sweden
100%
31:3,285,96941,581
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Canada-21:16,566,68686,787
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Chad
100%
11:13,598,39815,363
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604

Prudencia (699) may also be a surname.

Prudencia Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. Latin prudentia ‘prudence’. The name is found in use in the 13th C (cf. Clemency, Pleasance), and was revived, with other similar names, after the Reformation. It was rather common in the 17th and 18th C, often abbreviated to Prue.

Prudencia Curia Regis Rolls 1210. Prudentia Assize Rolls 1221.

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

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