Ryan Forename
622nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,284,380 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Ryan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 645,035 | 1:562 | 102 |
| Philippines | 99% | 236,394 | 1:448 | 50 |
| Brazil | 100% | 66,757 | 1:3,209 | 463 |
| Canada | 100% | 65,444 | 1:506 | 97 |
| England | 99% | 56,327 | 1:987 | 216 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 41,357 | 1:6,237 | 820 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 30,149 | 1:540 | 108 |
| Australia | - | 22,467 | 1:608 | 140 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18,929 | 1:2,881 | 519 |
| Kenya | 100% | 9,611 | 1:4,818 | 767 |
| Scotland | 100% | 7,958 | 1:672 | 146 |
| Thailand | 100% | 6,627 | 1:10,573 | 1,702 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 6,438 | 1:3,231 | 559 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4,620 | 1:399 | 93 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,594 | 1:987 | 229 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4,561 | 1:8,289 | 1,143 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4,216 | 1:37,823 | 3,560 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,137 | 1:748 | 184 |
| Egypt | 73% | 3,297 | 1:27,874 | 1,920 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 3,264 | 1:417 | 30 |
| China | - | 2,731 | 1:500,204 | 26,139 |
| India | 100% | 2,187 | 1:555,500 | 43,279 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,111 | 1:8,007 | 1,064 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2,000 | 1:3,576 | 418 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,718 | 1:17,724 | 1,818 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,420 | 1:538 | 37 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,405 | 1:19,207 | 1,474 |
| Israel | 62% | 1,378 | 1:6,098 | 950 |
| Singapore | 98% | 1,337 | 1:4,702 | 809 |
| Malta | - | 1,335 | 1:322 | 63 |
| Angola | - | 1,215 | 1:22,195 | 1,764 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,119 | 1:494 | 51 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,049 | 1:29,373 | 3,696 |
| Jamaica | - | 939 | 1:3,071 | 605 |
| Ireland | 84% | 910 | 1:5,103 | 498 |
| Barbados | - | 894 | 1:324 | 63 |
| Hong Kong | - | 868 | 1:8,932 | 799 |
| Qatar | 100% | 736 | 1:3,220 | 478 |
| Denmark | - | 728 | 1:7,760 | 732 |
| Kuwait | - | 703 | 1:5,384 | 687 |
| South Korea | 97% | 651 | 1:8,517 | 1,154 |
| Germany | 100% | 631 | 1:153,214 | 2,700 |
| Japan | - | 600 | 1:213,310 | 7,086 |
| Malawi | 100% | 592 | 1:28,906 | 2,310 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 574 | 1:18,173 | 1,772 |
| Poland | 88% | 565 | 1:67,305 | 1,669 |
| Morocco | - | 546 | 1:62,910 | 2,404 |
| Oman | - | 524 | 1:7,841 | 998 |
| Spain | 100% | 474 | 1:98,164 | 2,861 |
| Namibia | - | 449 | 1:5,355 | 773 |
| Zambia | - | 415 | 1:38,204 | 2,643 |
| Bahrain | - | 400 | 1:3,372 | 538 |
| France | 100% | 398 | 1:167,011 | 2,965 |
| Vanuatu | - | 398 | 1:658 | 164 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 382 | 1:408 | 107 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 364 | 1:22,396 | 2,227 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 336 | 1:97,094 | 3,428 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 319 | 1:48,351 | 4,225 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 317 | 1:74,983 | 9,868 |
| Belize | 100% | 307 | 1:1,154 | 234 |
| Sweden | 99% | 273 | 1:36,110 | 2,112 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| Congo | 82% | 255 | 1:19,644 | 2,050 |
| Guam | - | 241 | 1:667 | 123 |
| Belgium | 100% | 183 | 1:62,787 | 2,746 |
| Russia | 86% | 173 | 1:833,721 | 7,642 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 163 | 1:185,288 | 6,948 |
| Uganda | 94% | 158 | 1:259,221 | 8,005 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 153 | 1:53,683 | 2,283 |
| Mexico | 99% | 150 | 1:827,630 | 7,347 |
| Bahamas | - | 147 | 1:2,717 | 548 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 145 | 1:1,226 | 200 |
| Grenada | 100% | 143 | 1:756 | 131 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 135 | 1:630 | 127 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 131 | 1:707,047 | 2,308 |
| Algeria | - | 122 | 1:312,924 | 3,842 |
| Portugal | - | 120 | 1:86,757 | 2,474 |
| Czechia | 100% | 113 | 1:94,302 | 1,132 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 110 | 1:671,160 | 22,021 |
| Aruba | - | 109 | 1:952 | 190 |
| Botswana | 100% | 106 | 1:20,608 | 2,500 |
| Italy | 99% | 104 | 1:587,135 | 5,979 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 103 | 1:1,723,926 | 36,042 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 101 | 1:541 | 86 |
| Peru | 100% | 100 | 1:317,915 | 6,820 |
| Norway | 100% | 99 | 1:51,842 | 2,117 |
| Ecuador | - | 98 | 1:180,887 | 3,272 |
| Tanzania | 91% | 97 | 1:544,209 | 14,965 |
| Chile | 89% | 87 | 1:202,382 | 3,709 |
| Iraq | 100% | 87 | 1:402,504 | 4,983 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 84 | 1:1,103 | 263 |
| Panama | 100% | 77 | 1:50,735 | 3,371 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 72 | 1:66,222 | 2,570 |
| Jersey | - | 70 | 1:1,428 | 298 |
| Guernsey | - | 68 | 1:931 | 201 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 57 | 1:282,604 | 3,480 |
| Liberia | 100% | 55 | 1:80,219 | 3,689 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 52 | 1:3,737,648 | 40,154 |
| Bermuda | - | 51 | 1:1,271 | 283 |
| Ethiopia | - | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 47 | 1:2,374 | 451 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 47 | 1:738 | 158 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 46 | 1:2,386 | 479 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 44 | 1:136,780 | 4,150 |
| Micronesia | - | 43 | 1:2,477 | 350 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| Greece | 100% | 36 | 1:303,737 | 5,099 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Argentina | 50% | 35 | 1:1,222,093 | 5,777 |
| Honduras | 100% | 32 | 1:275,546 | 5,509 |
| Brunei | 100% | 31 | 1:13,535 | 933 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:18,741 | 1,545 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 29 | 1:1,078 | 245 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:2,114 | 469 |
| Kazakhstan | 69% | 29 | 1:611,960 | 8,240 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Macau | - | 27 | 1:22,526 | 388 |
| Finland | 100% | 26 | 1:210,892 | 3,527 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Libya | - | 25 | 1:248,852 | 929 |
| Austria | 100% | 23 | 1:370,183 | 3,999 |
| Cameroon | - | 23 | 1:939,587 | 25,311 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:2,696 | 404 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 19 | 1:380,884 | 4,350 |
| Albania | 96% | 18 | 1:169,254 | 9,529 |
| Hungary | 96% | 18 | 1:543,987 | 1,953 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 18 | 1:197,239 | 2,551 |
| Belarus | 100% | 16 | 1:592,649 | 3,645 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Iceland | 100% | 14 | 1:26,144 | 1,689 |
| Nepal | - | 13 | 1:2,191,335 | 33,475 |
| Colombia | 100% | 12 | 1:3,981,577 | 24,591 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Myanmar | - | 11 | 1:4,722,570 | 1,407 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 10 | 1:245,876 | 4,150 |
| Turkey | 100% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Cyprus | - | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Uruguay | - | 8 | 1:428,455 | 5,529 |
| Iran | - | 7 | 1:11,213,838 | 30,178 |
| Jordan | - | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Tunisia | - | 7 | 1:96,700 | 5,802 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Maldives | 100% | 6 | 1:72,317 | 2,029 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Romania | 100% | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Mauritania | - | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
Ryan (417,984) may also be a surname.
Ryan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: Laughing.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
An English-language given name of Irish origin. Primarily a male name which comes from the Irish surname Ryan, of the old Irish rian, meaning 'little king'.
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Ryan Demographics
Ryan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 11 (2016)
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Ryan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan in the Russian language | ||
| Рьян | ran | - |
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