W Forename
41,693rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 17,477 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Swaziland
W Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | - | 11,825 | 1:115,523 | 12,489 |
| Ghana | 70% | 1,124 | 1:24,009 | 1,692 |
| India | 58% | 997 | 1:1,218,534 | 74,778 |
| Burkina Faso | 55% | 719 | 1:25,563 | 2,173 |
| Jamaica | - | 553 | 1:5,214 | 809 |
| England | 77% | 497 | 1:111,877 | 4,088 |
| Scotland | 92% | 293 | 1:18,261 | 933 |
| Swaziland | - | 256 | 1:5,079 | 891 |
| Wales | 100% | 248 | 1:12,477 | 903 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 242 | 1:98,222 | 11,738 |
| Liberia | 83% | 210 | 1:21,010 | 1,437 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 142 | 1:73,460 | 4,284 |
| Haiti | - | 75 | 1:143,026 | 7,156 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 55 | 1:1,342,320 | 36,691 |
| Iraq | 100% | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Philippines | 79% | 25 | 1:4,240,379 | 76,922 |
| Jordan | 89% | 25 | 1:353,071 | 3,291 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 24 | 1:36,295 | 1,736 |
| Nigeria | 68% | 21 | 1:8,455,446 | 105,604 |
| Hungary | 76% | 15 | 1:652,785 | 2,218 |
| Ecuador | - | 13 | 1:1,363,609 | 9,250 |
| Brazil | 84% | 11 | 1:19,476,014 | 191,600 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 8 | 1:170,177 | 9,829 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Sweden | 57% | 7 | 1:1,408,272 | 24,832 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5 | 1:10,906,530 | 170,325 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 5 | 1:3,084,763 | 72,050 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Belgium | 50% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
W (1,405) may also be a surname.
W Forename Popularity
W Demographics
Average W Salary in
England
£26,904
Per year
Rank:
19,044 of 40,021
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.089472
Rank: 236 of 40,021
Percentage of national average salary:
99.73%
Sample size: 7,700 (2014)
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 W