Susan Forename
107th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,767,287 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Palau
Susan Forename Definition:
A female name. Hebrew Shushannah ‘lily', the name of the heroine of the apocryphal Book of Susannah and the Elders. The name is found occasionally in the 13th C, but did not become common until the 17th C, when it often appears as Susanney and Shusan, Shusanna.
Read More About This ForenameSusan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 1,791,227 | 1:202 | 19 |
| England | 100% | 493,904 | 1:113 | 11 |
| Kenya | 100% | 145,430 | 1:318 | 48 |
| Philippines | 99% | 145,171 | 1:730 | 128 |
| Uganda | 99% | 134,530 | 1:304 | 59 |
| Canada | 100% | 129,689 | 1:255 | 19 |
| Iran | 100% | 81,542 | 1:963 | 168 |
| Sudan | 100% | 55,527 | 1:681 | 121 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 52,231 | 1:295 | 22 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 49,413 | 1:3,593 | 634 |
| Australia | - | 46,752 | 1:292 | 48 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 45,461 | 1:254 | 50 |
| South Africa | 100% | 44,870 | 1:1,215 | 165 |
| Zambia | - | 41,796 | 1:379 | 71 |
| Scotland | 100% | 33,648 | 1:159 | 25 |
| Wales | 100% | 28,411 | 1:109 | 13 |
| Indonesia | 85% | 28,074 | 1:9,189 | 1,251 |
| Malawi | 100% | 28,069 | 1:610 | 134 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 27,867 | 1:293 | 23 |
| Iraq | 100% | 21,364 | 1:1,639 | 343 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 19,983 | 1:846 | 187 |
| India | 80% | 17,500 | 1:69,422 | 8,956 |
| Ireland | 100% | 15,939 | 1:291 | 54 |
| Jordan | 100% | 15,071 | 1:586 | 152 |
| New Zealand | - | 14,702 | 1:309 | 46 |
| Germany | 100% | 14,638 | 1:6,605 | 576 |
| Egypt | 100% | 12,970 | 1:7,086 | 738 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 11,464 | 1:2,846 | 468 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 11,139 | 1:505 | 94 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 10,930 | 1:649 | 158 |
| Peru | 100% | 10,290 | 1:3,090 | 544 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9,150 | 1:3,367 | 557 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 8,853 | 1:2,441 | 464 |
| Ghana | 100% | 8,203 | 1:3,290 | 481 |
| Palestine | 100% | 8,164 | 1:557 | 147 |
| Denmark | - | 6,732 | 1:839 | 188 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6,503 | 1:283 | 58 |
| Syria | - | 6,126 | 1:3,151 | 453 |
| Chile | 100% | 5,309 | 1:3,316 | 405 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,280 | 1:5,160 | 978 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 5,073 | 1:10,406 | 1,344 |
| Brazil | 100% | 4,951 | 1:43,271 | 3,201 |
| China | - | 4,562 | 1:299,442 | 20,735 |
| Yemen | - | 4,560 | 1:5,767 | 541 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 4,450 | 1:6,843 | 790 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,947 | 1:730 | 190 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 3,384 | 1:3,360 | 662 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3,305 | 1:883 | 194 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,076 | 1:6,762 | 1,098 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 3,032 | 1:192 | 23 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,921 | 1:466 | 43 |
| Mexico | 99% | 2,895 | 1:42,882 | 1,748 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2,894 | 1:26,884 | 1,710 |
| France | 100% | 2,799 | 1:23,748 | 1,006 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,710 | 1:17,170 | 1,066 |
| Thailand | 98% | 2,695 | 1:25,998 | 3,362 |
| Nepal | 75% | 2,602 | 1:10,948 | 1,227 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,576 | 1:3,188 | 524 |
| Liberia | 99% | 2,559 | 1:1,724 | 290 |
| Bangladesh | 50% | 2,383 | 1:66,916 | 5,219 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2,378 | 1:2,005 | 362 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,113 | 1:4,937 | 728 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,099 | 1:4,696 | 535 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 1,917 | 1:8,403 | 817 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,888 | 1:15,997 | 1,478 |
| Micronesia | - | 1,743 | 1:61 | 6 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,683 | 1:10,533 | 839 |
| Oman | 100% | 1,633 | 1:2,516 | 357 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1,554 | 1:1,525 | 140 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,539 | 1:2,460 | 348 |
| Gambia | - | 1,538 | 1:1,253 | 228 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,514 | 1:1,443 | 264 |
| Libya | - | 1,469 | 1:4,235 | 678 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,395 | 1:286 | 45 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,294 | 1:4,859 | 825 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,166 | 1:225 | 29 |
| Namibia | - | 1,137 | 1:2,114 | 406 |
| Togo | - | 1,071 | 1:6,759 | 1,050 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1,052 | 1:22,595 | 4,082 |
| Poland | 100% | 990 | 1:38,411 | 1,114 |
| Fiji | - | 978 | 1:912 | 194 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 937 | 1:3,789 | 393 |
| Jersey | 50% | 934 | 1:107 | 12 |
| Honduras | 100% | 916 | 1:9,626 | 969 |
| Italy | 100% | 877 | 1:69,626 | 1,577 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 858 | 1:12,356 | 1,149 |
| Norway | 100% | 842 | 1:6,095 | 674 |
| Portugal | - | 830 | 1:12,543 | 704 |
| Panama | 100% | 741 | 1:5,272 | 883 |
| Finland | 100% | 721 | 1:7,605 | 714 |
| Colombia | 100% | 709 | 1:67,389 | 2,638 |
| Guyana | 100% | 678 | 1:1,126 | 173 |
| Bahrain | - | 666 | 1:2,025 | 340 |
| Greece | 100% | 645 | 1:16,953 | 891 |
| Barbados | - | 636 | 1:456 | 103 |
| Belgium | 100% | 613 | 1:18,744 | 1,489 |
| Suriname | 86% | 609 | 1:908 | 165 |
| Japan | - | 595 | 1:215,103 | 7,128 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 594 | 1:1,466 | 225 |
| Hong Kong | - | 547 | 1:14,173 | 1,218 |
| Samoa | - | 502 | 1:389 | 110 |
| Austria | 100% | 496 | 1:17,166 | 835 |
| Malta | - | 443 | 1:969 | 214 |
| Palau | - | 410 | 1:53 | 18 |
| Swaziland | - | 410 | 1:3,171 | 653 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 406 | 1:156 | 20 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 402 | 1:18,002 | 1,241 |
| Georgia | 96% | 328 | 1:11,398 | 997 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 315 | 1:348 | 33 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 305 | 1:23,449 | 2,343 |
| Morocco | - | 300 | 1:114,495 | 3,629 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 286 | 1:214 | 16 |
| Bermuda | - | 285 | 1:227 | 24 |
| El Salvador | - | 263 | 1:24,113 | 1,156 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 259 | 1:13,234 | 892 |
| Guam | - | 244 | 1:658 | 120 |
| Somalia | - | 239 | 1:56,594 | 2,774 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 206 | 1:413 | 113 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 206 | 1:542 | 38 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 190 | 1:50,752 | 3,134 |
| Argentina | 100% | 189 | 1:226,313 | 2,598 |
| Aruba | - | 154 | 1:674 | 108 |
| South Korea | - | 150 | 1:36,963 | 2,822 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 148 | 1:40,664 | 2,174 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 141 | 1:1,378,423 | 21,695 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 135 | 1:257 | 19 |
| Belize | 100% | 132 | 1:2,684 | 614 |
| Cambodia | 53% | 119 | 1:136,751 | 5,253 |
| Gibraltar | - | 113 | 1:302 | 54 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 103 | 1:716,773 | 23,137 |
| Brunei | - | 102 | 1:4,113 | 410 |
| Russia | 89% | 100 | 1:1,442,337 | 10,908 |
| Grenada | 98% | 93 | 1:1,163 | 228 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 90 | 1:1,030 | 246 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 89 | 1:22,921 | 2,824 |
| Vietnam | - | 88 | 1:1,052,535 | 2,697 |
| Marshall Islands | 98% | 85 | 1:603 | 43 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 82 | 1:1,212 | 251 |
| Estonia | 100% | 74 | 1:17,775 | 1,594 |
| Czechia | 100% | 71 | 1:150,087 | 1,376 |
| Hungary | 98% | 69 | 1:141,910 | 870 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 67 | 1:816 | 159 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 65 | 1:4,894 | 834 |
| Croatia | 100% | 57 | 1:73,984 | 2,119 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 52 | 1:601 | 83 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 51 | 1:3,487 | 615 |
| Angola | - | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| American Samoa | - | 40 | 1:1,396 | 189 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 32 | 1:414 | 18 |
| Mongolia | - | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 30 | 1:1,829 | 427 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 28 | 1:20,145 | 1,210 |
| Romania | - | 28 | 1:716,142 | 19,534 |
| Iceland | 50% | 25 | 1:14,641 | 1,158 |
| Myanmar | - | 24 | 1:2,164,511 | 1,053 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 23 | 1:1,978,257 | 5,028 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 20 | 1:157 | 13 |
| Monaco | 100% | 20 | 1:1,923 | 383 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 20 | 1:265,503 | 1,555 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 19 | 1:1,214,523 | 33,777 |
| Macau | - | 17 | 1:35,777 | 476 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| East Timor | - | 16 | 1:76,148 | 197 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 16 | 1:364 | 100 |
| Greenland | - | 14 | 1:4,026 | 570 |
| Curaçao | - | 13 | 1:11,985 | 645 |
| Tunisia | - | 13 | 1:52,069 | 2,652 |
| Cuba | - | 12 | 1:958,879 | 3,652 |
| Nauru | 100% | 12 | 1:994 | 151 |
| Bhutan | 57% | 11 | 1:74,993 | 2,020 |
| Benin | - | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Montserrat | - | 9 | 1:542 | 45 |
| Somaliland | - | 9 | 1:389,086 | 1,051 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Senegal | - | 7 | 1:2,083,051 | 13,702 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 6 | 1:995,546 | 22,001 |
| Maldives | 100% | 6 | 1:72,317 | 2,029 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 5 | 1:3,675,894 | 52,713 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Niger | - | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
The alternate forms: Süsan (3,890), Súsan (16), Susán (5), Susän (1), Şuşan (27), Şüsan (2), Süşan (1) & Şüşan (75) are calculated separately.
Susan (29,318) may also be a surname.
Susan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Hebrew Shushannah ‘lily', the name of the heroine of the apocryphal Book of Susannah and the Elders. The name is found occasionally in the 13th C, but did not become common until the 17th C, when it often appears as Susanney and Shusan, Shusanna. This 17th-C use probably had reference to the Susanna mentioned in Luke viii. 3. In the 18th C it became very common, Susan being now more usual than Susannah, with Sue and Sukey as pet-forms. It was less popular in the 19th C but has now once more come into fashion. The French Suzanne is also sometimes used.
Susanna Curia Regis Rolls 1200, 1201, 1203, 1205, 1213.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The English shortening of Susanna.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Greek Σουσάν, in Hebrew Shushán, which some translate ‘rose,’ because so rendered in the Chaldee Targum. The Hebrew word is derived from the Arab, وﺳن sūsan, a lily. The nicknames are Susie and Su, whence the diminutive Sukey.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Assyrian (feminine) - A lily.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Assyrian - A lily, or an iris, fig. radiantly bright.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Hebrew name, meaning: A lily.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Susan Forename Popularity
Susan Demographics
Susan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 6 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Susan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Susan in the Russian language | ||
| Сусан | susan | - |
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