Sean Forename
1,376th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 701,772 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Sean Forename Definition:
(Pronounced Shawn) An Irish form of John. The more correct Erse ‘shape’ is Eoin, with which cf. the Gaelic Iain.
Sean Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 390,559 | 1:928 | 192 |
| England | 100% | 81,392 | 1:683 | 155 |
| Ireland | 100% | 48,518 | 1:96 | 11 |
| Canada | 100% | 42,864 | 1:773 | 166 |
| Australia | - | 20,723 | 1:659 | 151 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18,400 | 1:2,964 | 543 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 12,677 | 1:145 | 22 |
| Cambodia | 51% | 8,706 | 1:1,869 | 398 |
| Scotland | 100% | 7,631 | 1:701 | 151 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 5,222 | 1:3,983 | 680 |
| Philippines | 96% | 5,152 | 1:20,576 | 2,124 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,067 | 1:895 | 211 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,149 | 1:16,887 | 2,429 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,804 | 1:813 | 195 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,439 | 1:8,960 | 1,308 |
| China | - | 2,872 | 1:475,646 | 25,495 |
| Ghana | - | 2,247 | 1:12,010 | 1,092 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,074 | 1:656 | 75 |
| Sudan | - | 1,983 | 1:19,066 | 1,940 |
| Malaysia | 75% | 1,863 | 1:16,345 | 1,688 |
| Kenya | - | 1,604 | 1:28,870 | 2,470 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,444 | 1:1,997 | 444 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,370 | 1:12,337 | 1,385 |
| Indonesia | 83% | 1,326 | 1:194,543 | 18,933 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,119 | 1:5,618 | 1,014 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,037 | 1:36,670 | 1,080 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 920 | 1:92 | 22 |
| Germany | 100% | 871 | 1:110,996 | 2,241 |
| Guyana | 100% | 847 | 1:901 | 117 |
| Malawi | 100% | 846 | 1:20,227 | 1,818 |
| Japan | - | 812 | 1:157,618 | 5,992 |
| South Korea | - | 719 | 1:7,711 | 1,100 |
| Brazil | 100% | 712 | 1:300,893 | 11,667 |
| Malta | - | 682 | 1:630 | 145 |
| Egypt | 100% | 672 | 1:136,757 | 5,674 |
| India | 100% | 637 | 1:1,907,187 | 101,117 |
| Sweden | 100% | 554 | 1:17,794 | 1,287 |
| Bahamas | - | 546 | 1:731 | 183 |
| France | 100% | 489 | 1:135,931 | 2,627 |
| Hong Kong | - | 416 | 1:18,636 | 2,057 |
| Denmark | - | 387 | 1:14,598 | 1,026 |
| Kuwait | - | 370 | 1:10,230 | 1,219 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 364 | 1:19,648 | 2,019 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 340 | 1:30,680 | 2,466 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 329 | 1:46,881 | 4,144 |
| Belgium | 100% | 317 | 1:36,246 | 2,090 |
| Fiji | - | 317 | 1:2,815 | 794 |
| Spain | 100% | 314 | 1:148,185 | 3,535 |
| Qatar | 100% | 307 | 1:7,719 | 1,245 |
| Taiwan | 53% | 301 | 1:78,969 | 10,221 |
| Swaziland | - | 282 | 1:4,611 | 838 |
| Barbados | - | 262 | 1:1,106 | 256 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 249 | 1:32,986 | 1,788 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| Italy | 87% | 236 | 1:258,738 | 3,408 |
| Botswana | 100% | 227 | 1:9,623 | 1,390 |
| Bahrain | - | 222 | 1:6,075 | 981 |
| Nigeria | 88% | 218 | 1:814,515 | 21,773 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Norway | 100% | 187 | 1:27,446 | 1,455 |
| Afghanistan | 62% | 170 | 1:191,903 | 4,992 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 167 | 1:379 | 96 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 163 | 1:610 | 75 |
| Jersey | 100% | 155 | 1:645 | 155 |
| Ivory Coast | 80% | 149 | 1:154,872 | 8,294 |
| Portugal | - | 148 | 1:70,344 | 2,168 |
| Suriname | - | 148 | 1:3,735 | 834 |
| Russia | 88% | 138 | 1:1,045,172 | 8,859 |
| Mexico | 100% | 135 | 1:919,588 | 7,782 |
| Zambia | - | 118 | 1:134,363 | 5,563 |
| Gibraltar | - | 117 | 1:292 | 52 |
| Czechia | 100% | 108 | 1:98,668 | 1,154 |
| Namibia | - | 107 | 1:22,469 | 1,956 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 99 | 1:619 | 104 |
| Belize | 100% | 98 | 1:3,615 | 791 |
| Iraq | - | 97 | 1:361,009 | 4,694 |
| Bermuda | - | 90 | 1:720 | 145 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 88 | 1:2,021 | 368 |
| Guam | - | 87 | 1:1,847 | 398 |
| Grenada | 100% | 86 | 1:1,257 | 256 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 86 | 1:1,276 | 259 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 76 | 1:2,050 | 472 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98% | 76 | 1:1,468 | 265 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85% | 72 | 1:113,227 | 10,176 |
| Ecuador | - | 63 | 1:281,380 | 4,058 |
| Chile | 100% | 59 | 1:298,427 | 4,570 |
| Vietnam | - | 56 | 1:1,653,984 | 3,041 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 55 | 1:1,342,320 | 36,691 |
| Panama | 100% | 55 | 1:71,028 | 4,055 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 54 | 1:643 | 121 |
| Uganda | 100% | 53 | 1:772,772 | 14,928 |
| Finland | 100% | 45 | 1:121,849 | 2,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 45 | 1:1,219 | 275 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 42 | 1:719,093 | 17,180 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 38 | 1:1,439 | 300 |
| Libya | - | 36 | 1:172,814 | 833 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| Greece | 100% | 33 | 1:331,350 | 5,347 |
| Croatia | 100% | 31 | 1:136,035 | 2,865 |
| Mongolia | - | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 30 | 1:1,042 | 231 |
| Pakistan | 84% | 30 | 1:6,478,589 | 55,825 |
| Liberia | 93% | 28 | 1:157,574 | 6,010 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 28 | 1:87,813 | 2,718 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 28 | 1:1,885,297 | 21,873 |
| Peru | 100% | 24 | 1:1,324,644 | 15,889 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 23 | 1:771,602 | 9,319 |
| Cyprus | - | 21 | 1:41,480 | 2,042 |
| Romania | 100% | 21 | 1:954,856 | 21,329 |
| Turkey | 75% | 20 | 1:3,890,085 | 19,888 |
| Austria | 100% | 18 | 1:473,011 | 4,571 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 18 | 1:264,886 | 5,347 |
| Nauru | 100% | 18 | 1:663 | 78 |
| Colombia | 100% | 17 | 1:2,810,525 | 20,294 |
| Hungary | 100% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 16 | 1:35,253 | 1,637 |
| Macau | - | 15 | 1:40,547 | 508 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Cameroon | - | 11 | 1:1,964,591 | 42,624 |
| Monaco | 100% | 11 | 1:3,497 | 622 |
| Guinea | 100% | 10 | 1:1,185,865 | 3,458 |
| Ukraine | - | 10 | 1:4,549,991 | 8,360 |
| Congo | 100% | 9 | 1:556,578 | 9,819 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Myanmar | - | 8 | 1:6,493,534 | 1,948 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 8 | 1:443,788 | 3,677 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 8 | 1:663,758 | 2,742 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Israel | 100% | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Kosovo | - | 5 | 1:372,288 | 10,773 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Belarus | 80% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 4 | 1:145,239 | 6,287 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Micronesia | - | 3 | 1:35,500 | 1,253 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Séan (300), Seán (95), Sëan (17), Seàn (6), Seãn (3) & Şean (1) are calculated separately.
Sean (21,515) may also be a surname.
Sean Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Pronounced Shawn) An Irish form of John. The more correct Erse ‘shape’ is Eoin, with which cf. the Gaelic Iain.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Sean Forename Popularity
Sean Demographics
Sean Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 12 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Sean Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sean in the Russian language | ||
| Сеан | sean | - |
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