Shawn Forename
2,197th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 462,089 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Shawn Forename Definition:
An Irish form of John. See Sean.
Shawn Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 86% | 377,874 | 1:959 | 207 |
| Canada | 100% | 38,899 | 1:852 | 187 |
| South Africa | 99% | 8,588 | 1:6,350 | 1,192 |
| Bangladesh | 97% | 6,965 | 1:22,895 | 2,511 |
| England | 100% | 3,638 | 1:15,284 | 1,055 |
| Australia | - | 2,995 | 1:4,560 | 626 |
| Kenya | - | 2,137 | 1:21,669 | 2,064 |
| China | - | 1,897 | 1:720,114 | 30,359 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,870 | 1:728 | 94 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,717 | 1:12,114 | 1,758 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,379 | 1:2,091 | 471 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,362 | 1:560 | 44 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Singapore | 100% | 883 | 1:7,120 | 1,235 |
| India | 100% | 872 | 1:1,393,209 | 81,909 |
| Philippines | 91% | 835 | 1:126,957 | 6,580 |
| Thailand | 100% | 585 | 1:119,771 | 9,465 |
| Ghana | - | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| New Zealand | - | 554 | 1:8,188 | 940 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 530 | 1:57,453 | 4,579 |
| Barbados | - | 450 | 1:644 | 147 |
| Egypt | 100% | 369 | 1:249,054 | 8,446 |
| Malta | - | 301 | 1:1,426 | 300 |
| Germany | 100% | 271 | 1:356,745 | 4,308 |
| Kuwait | - | 247 | 1:15,325 | 1,724 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 244 | 1:69,271 | 4,169 |
| Japan | - | 235 | 1:544,622 | 11,516 |
| Belize | 100% | 222 | 1:1,596 | 358 |
| Namibia | - | 218 | 1:11,028 | 1,295 |
| South Korea | - | 207 | 1:26,785 | 2,295 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Botswana | 100% | 169 | 1:12,926 | 1,739 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Suriname | - | 165 | 1:3,350 | 773 |
| Scotland | 96% | 161 | 1:33,232 | 1,268 |
| Bahamas | - | 156 | 1:2,560 | 523 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 124 | 1:84,123 | 4,669 |
| Saint Lucia | 97% | 124 | 1:1,434 | 258 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 124 | 1:57,677 | 5,067 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Brazil | 100% | 116 | 1:1,846,863 | 39,966 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Hong Kong | - | 115 | 1:67,415 | 2,623 |
| Wales | 90% | 112 | 1:27,628 | 1,310 |
| Guam | - | 108 | 1:1,487 | 332 |
| Grenada | 100% | 98 | 1:1,103 | 216 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 91 | 1:169,492 | 10,665 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 88 | 1:1,129 | 228 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 87 | 1:1,261 | 253 |
| Bermuda | - | 83 | 1:781 | 158 |
| Sweden | 100% | 81 | 1:121,703 | 4,939 |
| Qatar | 92% | 79 | 1:29,995 | 4,090 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 85% | 73 | 1:1,528 | 281 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 72 | 1:2,466,172 | 46,125 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 64 | 1:854 | 170 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 62 | 1:885 | 176 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 60 | 1:1,022 | 226 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 55 | 1:149,336 | 3,951 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 55 | 1:432,176 | 26,342 |
| Iraq | - | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Denmark | - | 50 | 1:112,990 | 3,130 |
| Indonesia | - | 49 | 1:5,264,565 | 205,196 |
| France | 100% | 47 | 1:1,414,263 | 9,545 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 45 | 1:724,967 | 10,320 |
| Ireland | 100% | 42 | 1:110,560 | 2,639 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 41 | 1:4,740,431 | 47,266 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 39 | 1:890 | 192 |
| Russia | 92% | 36 | 1:4,006,492 | 21,115 |
| Italy | 100% | 35 | 1:1,744,631 | 12,743 |
| Zambia | - | 35 | 1:452,994 | 10,918 |
| Belgium | 100% | 32 | 1:359,064 | 6,694 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,008 | 219 |
| Uganda | 100% | 31 | 1:1,321,191 | 20,529 |
| Norway | 100% | 30 | 1:171,078 | 4,535 |
| Mexico | 100% | 29 | 1:4,280,842 | 18,370 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Panama | 100% | 25 | 1:156,262 | 6,569 |
| Ecuador | - | 21 | 1:844,139 | 7,105 |
| Costa Rica | 80% | 20 | 1:238,397 | 5,063 |
| Liberia | 100% | 20 | 1:220,603 | 7,624 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 17 | 1:780 | 113 |
| Finland | 76% | 17 | 1:322,540 | 4,487 |
| Honduras | 100% | 16 | 1:551,092 | 8,007 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 15 | 1:401,222 | 7,581 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Iran | - | 13 | 1:6,038,221 | 21,383 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90% | 13 | 1:627,101 | 46,379 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 13 | 1:7,124,855 | 3,818 |
| Spain | - | 12 | 1:3,877,497 | 14,638 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 9 | 1:144,198 | 3,629 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Cameroon | - | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5 | 1:710,060 | 4,535 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Guatemala | - | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Israel | 100% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Argentina | - | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Shawn (11,062) may also be a surname.
Shawn Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An Irish form of John. See Sean.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Hebrew name, meaning: Grace of the Lord.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Shawn Forename Popularity
Shawn Demographics
Shawn Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 6 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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