Shane Forename
2,857th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 363,557 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Niue
Shane Forename Definition:
A male name. Irish form of John (q.v.).
Shane Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 180,426 | 1:2,009 | 391 |
| Australia | - | 45,770 | 1:298 | 51 |
| England | 99% | 29,386 | 1:1,892 | 327 |
| Canada | 100% | 20,800 | 1:1,593 | 344 |
| South Africa | 97% | 16,638 | 1:3,278 | 616 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 12,233 | 1:1,700 | 308 |
| India | 82% | 10,128 | 1:119,952 | 13,970 |
| New Zealand | - | 9,570 | 1:474 | 104 |
| Ireland | 100% | 8,729 | 1:532 | 115 |
| Philippines | 77% | 5,379 | 1:19,708 | 2,068 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,506 | 1:12,296 | 1,751 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,920 | 1:960 | 205 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,739 | 1:1,779 | 343 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,431 | 1:48,963 | 5,296 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,343 | 1:1,014 | 175 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Scotland | 100% | 734 | 1:7,289 | 591 |
| Netherlands | 82% | 682 | 1:24,783 | 2,194 |
| Fiji | - | 633 | 1:1,410 | 371 |
| Jamaica | - | 553 | 1:5,214 | 809 |
| China | - | 506 | 1:2,699,715 | 46,167 |
| Ghana | 100% | 506 | 1:53,332 | 2,793 |
| Samoa | - | 456 | 1:428 | 122 |
| Indonesia | - | 451 | 1:571,982 | 41,517 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92% | 416 | 1:19,597 | 1,954 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 400 | 1:76,125 | 5,731 |
| Guyana | 100% | 390 | 1:1,957 | 374 |
| Bahrain | - | 385 | 1:3,503 | 566 |
| Oman | 100% | 377 | 1:10,898 | 1,237 |
| Poland | 58% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Kuwait | - | 370 | 1:10,230 | 1,219 |
| Zimbabwe | 86% | 311 | 1:49,594 | 4,308 |
| Namibia | - | 254 | 1:9,465 | 1,177 |
| Singapore | 86% | 254 | 1:24,752 | 4,256 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 249 | 1:28,723 | 2,807 |
| Afghanistan | 66% | 241 | 1:135,367 | 4,110 |
| Germany | 84% | 241 | 1:401,153 | 4,645 |
| Barbados | - | 225 | 1:1,288 | 300 |
| Belize | 100% | 218 | 1:1,625 | 365 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 214 | 1:397 | 112 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Botswana | 100% | 206 | 1:10,604 | 1,504 |
| Brazil | 100% | 186 | 1:1,151,807 | 28,910 |
| Qatar | 100% | 166 | 1:14,275 | 2,208 |
| Kenya | - | 161 | 1:287,622 | 10,188 |
| Saint Lucia | 96% | 149 | 1:1,193 | 193 |
| Malawi | 50% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Japan | - | 146 | 1:876,617 | 14,235 |
| France | 70% | 128 | 1:519,300 | 5,495 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Belgium | 100% | 127 | 1:90,473 | 3,268 |
| Grenada | 100% | 127 | 1:851 | 152 |
| Sweden | 91% | 124 | 1:79,499 | 3,655 |
| Albania | 97% | 119 | 1:25,601 | 2,978 |
| Zambia | - | 116 | 1:136,679 | 5,622 |
| Suriname | 100% | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Egypt | - | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Mauritius | 50% | 96 | 1:13,519 | 1,525 |
| Italy | 85% | 90 | 1:678,468 | 6,604 |
| Hong Kong | - | 89 | 1:87,109 | 2,751 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 86 | 1:121,294 | 5,870 |
| Jersey | - | 82 | 1:1,219 | 263 |
| South Korea | - | 81 | 1:68,450 | 4,047 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98% | 80 | 1:1,395 | 248 |
| Pakistan | 88% | 78 | 1:2,491,765 | 31,344 |
| Denmark | - | 76 | 1:74,336 | 2,424 |
| Switzerland | 89% | 76 | 1:108,072 | 3,305 |
| Malta | - | 74 | 1:5,802 | 734 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Gibraltar | - | 72 | 1:474 | 99 |
| Russia | 63% | 70 | 1:2,060,481 | 13,774 |
| Bahamas | - | 69 | 1:5,788 | 831 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 66 | 1:929 | 192 |
| Guernsey | - | 63 | 1:1,005 | 214 |
| Estonia | 100% | 57 | 1:23,077 | 1,849 |
| Mexico | 83% | 57 | 1:2,177,972 | 12,482 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 56 | 1:424,459 | 26,119 |
| Norway | 100% | 55 | 1:93,315 | 3,091 |
| Peru | 58% | 51 | 1:623,362 | 10,186 |
| Spain | 100% | 50 | 1:930,599 | 8,430 |
| Guam | - | 45 | 1:3,570 | 683 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| DR Congo | 60% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 36 | 1:16,138 | 1,393 |
| Bermuda | - | 30 | 1:2,161 | 469 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 29 | 1:1,885 | 394 |
| Vietnam | - | 28 | 1:3,307,968 | 3,383 |
| Austria | 100% | 26 | 1:327,469 | 3,747 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:1,202 | 282 |
| Uganda | 77% | 26 | 1:1,575,266 | 22,772 |
| Iran | - | 25 | 1:3,139,875 | 15,440 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Nigeria | 83% | 24 | 1:7,398,515 | 98,458 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 21 | 1:2,612 | 559 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 21 | 1:1,653 | 420 |
| Ecuador | - | 19 | 1:932,996 | 7,538 |
| Myanmar | - | 19 | 1:2,734,120 | 1,065 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 17 | 1:6,456 | 983 |
| Czechia | 86% | 16 | 1:666,010 | 2,826 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Nauru | 100% | 16 | 1:745 | 98 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 16 | 1:1,887,618 | 33,763 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:1,396 | 227 |
| Niue | - | 13 | 1:123 | 22 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 12 | 1:47,004 | 1,881 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 11 | 1:211 | 26 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Chile | 80% | 10 | 1:1,760,721 | 12,680 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 10 | 1:583 | 145 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 10 | 1:5,278,832 | 28,402 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Finland | 86% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Israel | 63% | 8 | 1:1,050,365 | 14,379 |
| Kosovo | - | 8 | 1:232,680 | 8,489 |
| Costa Rica | 83% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Liberia | 67% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| Panama | - | 7 | 1:558,080 | 14,722 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Congo | 75% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Greece | 100% | 6 | 1:1,822,425 | 10,706 |
| Yemen | - | 6 | 1:4,382,792 | 4,591 |
| Colombia | 80% | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Turkey | 67% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Hungary | 58% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | 67% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Shané (156), Shanë (17) & Shanè (1) are calculated separately.
Shane (19,722) may also be a surname.
Shane Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Irish form of John (q.v.).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Shane Forename Popularity
Shane Demographics
Shane Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 28,791 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Shane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shane in the Russian language | ||
| Шанэ | sane | - |
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