Ronan Forename
20,021st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 45,512 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland
Ronan Forename Definition:
A Celtic name, meaning: A seal.
Ronan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 15,403 | 1:13,909 | 1,437 |
| France | 100% | 10,161 | 1:6,542 | 506 |
| Ireland | 100% | 6,208 | 1:748 | 150 |
| Philippines | 99% | 3,350 | 1:31,645 | 2,751 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,899 | 1:636 | 150 |
| England | 100% | 1,572 | 1:35,371 | 1,880 |
| United States | 100% | 1,322 | 1:274,234 | 8,804 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Belgium | 100% | 441 | 1:26,055 | 1,765 |
| Australia | - | 421 | 1:32,441 | 1,856 |
| Canada | 100% | 325 | 1:101,949 | 5,143 |
| Indonesia | - | 269 | 1:958,973 | 60,253 |
| Scotland | 100% | 196 | 1:27,298 | 1,161 |
| Thailand | 100% | 195 | 1:359,312 | 19,001 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 135 | 1:2,001 | 395 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 133 | 1:127,083 | 5,900 |
| Peru | 100% | 129 | 1:246,445 | 5,889 |
| New Zealand | - | 114 | 1:39,790 | 2,376 |
| Germany | 100% | 107 | 1:903,532 | 7,404 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 103 | 1:69,437 | 5,882 |
| South Africa | 95% | 100 | 1:545,326 | 25,383 |
| India | 89% | 89 | 1:13,650,314 | 368,194 |
| Honduras | 100% | 88 | 1:100,198 | 3,242 |
| China | - | 84 | 1:16,262,569 | 60,111 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 80 | 1:377,524 | 11,070 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| French Polynesia | - | 59 | 1:4,710 | 802 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 49 | 1:167,622 | 4,226 |
| Wales | 100% | 44 | 1:70,325 | 2,069 |
| Argentina | 97% | 42 | 1:1,018,411 | 5,265 |
| Spain | 100% | 32 | 1:1,454,061 | 10,156 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 32 | 1:742,803 | 33,666 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 28 | 1:20,145 | 1,210 |
| Malaysia | 79% | 27 | 1:1,127,776 | 38,447 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 25 | 1:417,251 | 13,014 |
| Japan | - | 24 | 1:5,332,752 | 28,204 |
| Russia | 100% | 24 | 1:6,009,738 | 27,399 |
| Cambodia | 52% | 22 | 1:739,697 | 13,291 |
| Mexico | 100% | 22 | 1:5,642,928 | 21,540 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Singapore | 100% | 21 | 1:299,384 | 9,476 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 21 | 1:64,829 | 5,289 |
| Chile | 100% | 18 | 1:978,178 | 8,954 |
| El Salvador | - | 17 | 1:373,046 | 3,886 |
| Denmark | - | 16 | 1:353,094 | 6,331 |
| Sweden | 100% | 16 | 1:616,119 | 14,675 |
| Hong Kong | - | 15 | 1:516,848 | 4,412 |
| Italy | 100% | 13 | 1:4,697,084 | 22,664 |
| Norway | 100% | 12 | 1:427,694 | 8,125 |
| Albania | 100% | 11 | 1:276,961 | 12,691 |
| Israel | 50% | 10 | 1:840,292 | 12,787 |
| Vietnam | - | 10 | 1:9,262,311 | 4,040 |
| Colombia | 100% | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 7 | 1:2,301,204 | 6,153 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Greece | - | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Turkey | - | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Finland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Jordan | 100% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Nepal | 100% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Ronán (3), Rönan (1), Roñan (1), Rõnan (1) & Rónán (1) are calculated separately.
Ronan (10,025) may also be a surname.
Ronan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Celtic name, meaning: A seal.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ronan Forename Popularity
Ronan Demographics
Ronan Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 268 (2014)
United States
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Ronan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ronan in the Russian language | ||
| Ронан | ronan | - |
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