Velma Forename
11,661st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 85,764 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Mariana Islands
Velma Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 61,340 | 1:5,910 | 789 |
| Kenya | 100% | 12,601 | 1:3,675 | 620 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,302 | 1:14,393 | 1,470 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,780 | 1:1,620 | 385 |
| Philippines | 98% | 1,358 | 1:78,063 | 4,801 |
| England | 100% | 967 | 1:57,500 | 2,597 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 512 | 1:103,102 | 5,673 |
| South Africa | 100% | 498 | 1:109,503 | 8,595 |
| Brazil | 100% | 472 | 1:453,890 | 15,416 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 395 | 1:20,639 | 2,062 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| India | 55% | 296 | 1:4,104,317 | 167,947 |
| Mexico | 99% | 271 | 1:458,098 | 5,388 |
| Indonesia | - | 204 | 1:1,264,528 | 73,486 |
| Liberia | 99% | 197 | 1:22,396 | 1,518 |
| Barbados | - | 196 | 1:1,479 | 348 |
| Argentina | 99% | 119 | 1:359,439 | 3,189 |
| Bahamas | - | 113 | 1:3,534 | 625 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 110 | 1:12,377 | 1,743 |
| Guyana | 100% | 98 | 1:7,788 | 1,260 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 78 | 1:701 | 120 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 76 | 1:1,468 | 265 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 69 | 1:223,534 | 13,015 |
| Guam | - | 66 | 1:2,434 | 508 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 63 | 1:1,742 | 356 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 59 | 1:60,175 | 1,514 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 53 | 1:1,875 | 402 |
| Colombia | - | 52 | 1:918,826 | 10,885 |
| Cameroon | 68% | 49 | 1:441,031 | 14,805 |
| Peru | 100% | 46 | 1:691,119 | 10,821 |
| Wales | 100% | 43 | 1:71,961 | 2,087 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 39 | 1:4,559 | 781 |
| El Salvador | - | 36 | 1:176,161 | 2,716 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 36 | 1:964 | 216 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 34 | 1:140,234 | 3,863 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 34 | 1:1,614 | 377 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 30 | 1:2,043 | 460 |
| Honduras | 100% | 30 | 1:293,916 | 5,685 |
| Scotland | 100% | 29 | 1:184,495 | 3,374 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 28 | 1:1,078,639 | 22,683 |
| Germany | 100% | 26 | 1:3,718,380 | 16,892 |
| Grenada | 93% | 24 | 1:4,505 | 764 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 24 | 1:1,268,748 | 41,875 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 23 | 1:261,667 | 5,921 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:1,420 | 328 |
| Uganda | 94% | 22 | 1:1,861,678 | 25,181 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 21 | 1:875,213 | 25,284 |
| New Zealand | - | 19 | 1:238,739 | 7,355 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 19 | 1:9,345,493 | 111,831 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:30,577 | 2,198 |
| Panama | 100% | 18 | 1:217,031 | 8,112 |
| Chile | 100% | 17 | 1:1,035,718 | 9,287 |
| Finland | 73% | 17 | 1:322,540 | 4,487 |
| Netherlands | 94% | 14 | 1:1,207,292 | 18,951 |
| Italy | 100% | 12 | 1:5,088,508 | 23,387 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 11 | 1:1,464,403 | 5,160 |
| Belize | 100% | 10 | 1:35,431 | 3,151 |
| Australia | - | 9 | 1:1,517,514 | 15,297 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Taiwan | - | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| Uruguay | - | 8 | 1:428,455 | 5,529 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 7 | 1:503,494 | 4,832 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| Nepal | 100% | 7 | 1:4,069,622 | 46,681 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 7 | 1:1,033,829 | 6,926 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Russia | 100% | 6 | 1:24,038,951 | 65,699 |
| Sweden | 100% | 6 | 1:1,642,984 | 27,315 |
| Thailand | 100% | 6 | 1:11,677,636 | 152,954 |
| Cape Verde | - | 5 | 1:105,830 | 3,482 |
| Norway | 100% | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Spain | - | 4 | 1:11,632,491 | 19,317 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Switzerland | - | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Velma (2,969) may also be a surname.
Velma Forename Popularity
Velma Demographics
Velma Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sample size: 332 (2018)
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Phonetically Similar Names
Velma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Velma in the Russian language | ||
| Вельма | velma | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Velma