Were Forename
70,079th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 8,174 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya
Were Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 50% | 6,314 | 1:7,334 | 1,037 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 485 | 1:16,809 | 1,673 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Benin | 57% | 253 | 1:41,802 | 3,469 |
| Indonesia | - | 180 | 1:1,433,131 | 80,576 |
| Nigeria | 64% | 143 | 1:1,241,709 | 29,247 |
| Uganda | 79% | 128 | 1:319,976 | 9,014 |
| Burkina Faso | 80% | 94 | 1:195,526 | 8,802 |
| Ivory Coast | 52% | 93 | 1:248,128 | 11,574 |
| Cameroon | 59% | 59 | 1:366,280 | 13,036 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Brazil | - | 12 | 1:17,853,013 | 181,068 |
| United States | - | 10 | 1:36,253,698 | 247,090 |
| Russia | 50% | 7 | 1:20,604,815 | 59,831 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| India | 100% | 4 | 1:303,719,493 | 2,628,057 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Malaysia | 67% | 2 | 1:15,224,970 | 260,513 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Philippines | - | 1 | 1:106,009,477 | 690,015 |
| Australia | - | 1 | 1:13,657,622 | 55,904 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Canada | - | 1 | 1:33,133,372 | 113,810 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1 | 1:54,532,649 | 471,300 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| England | - | 1 | 1:55,602,921 | 189,715 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Netherlands | - | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
The alternate forms: Wère (1) & Wèrè (3) are calculated separately.
Were (58,438) may also be a surname.
Were Forename Popularity
Were Demographics
Average Were Salary in
United States
$26,125 USD
Per year
Rank:
430,865 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.2184E-6
Rank: 333,148 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
60.02%
Sample size: 7 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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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 Were