Werner Forename

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Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 1,155,622 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

Germany

Highest density in:

Germany

Werner Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Of the protecting army.

Werner Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Germany	100%	977,333	1:99	6
Switzerland	100%	52,283	1:157	17
Austria	100%	48,862	1:174	37
South Africa	100%	18,948	1:2,878	518
Belgium	100%	11,122	1:1,033	253
United States	100%	10,326	1:35,109	2,266
Netherlands	100%	5,396	1:3,132	558
Brazil	100%	4,265	1:50,231	3,538
Guatemala	97%	3,122	1:5,160	619
Canada	100%	2,981	1:11,115	1,258
Namibia	-	2,039	1:1,179	247
Italy	100%	1,408	1:43,368	1,263
Chile	74%	1,290	1:13,649	897
Denmark	-	1,131	1:4,995	593
Peru	100%	1,111	1:28,615	1,932
Norway	100%	953	1:5,385	632
Dominican Republic	-	927	1:11,253	1,276
Australia	-	883	1:15,467	1,197
Poland	100%	848	1:44,843	1,238
France	100%	765	1:86,889	2,053
England	100%	712	1:78,094	3,194
Thailand	100%	514	1:136,315	10,310
Sweden	100%	467	1:21,109	1,459
Venezuela	100%	453	1:66,671	3,523
DR Congo	100%	431	1:171,294	7,882
Spain	100%	380	1:122,447	3,207
Czechia	100%	364	1:29,275	677
New Zealand	-	350	1:12,960	1,224
Ghana	-	337	1:80,078	3,677
Saudi Arabia	-	291	1:105,885	10,050
Ecuador	-	285	1:62,200	1,958
Liechtenstein	-	256	1:148	32
Argentina	95%	251	1:170,411	2,311
Paraguay	100%	244	1:29,659	1,525
Philippines	100%	228	1:464,954	15,899
Bolivia	100%	225	1:47,117	1,970
El Salvador	-	221	1:28,696	1,243
Greece	100%	203	1:53,865	1,838
Suriname	100%	197	1:2,806	651
Mexico	100%	195	1:636,638	6,388
Morocco	-	191	1:179,836	4,854
Tanzania	86%	185	1:285,342	10,208
Samoa	-	183	1:1,067	329
Luxembourg	100%	163	1:3,460	438
Portugal	-	148	1:70,344	2,168
Costa Rica	100%	124	1:38,451	1,927
Honduras	100%	115	1:76,674	2,823
Colombia	100%	114	1:419,113	7,046
Egypt	100%	108	1:850,935	16,903
Romania	100%	105	1:190,971	6,760
Israel	94%	103	1:81,582	3,933
Finland	100%	95	1:57,718	1,831
Ireland	100%	87	1:53,374	1,705
China	-	79	1:17,291,845	60,171
Hungary	100%	77	1:127,166	818
Indonesia	-	77	1:3,350,178	149,032
United Arab Emirates	-	76	1:94,105	7,749
Uruguay	100%	69	1:49,676	1,801
Estonia	100%	57	1:23,077	1,849
Croatia	100%	55	1:76,674	2,164
Scotland	100%	54	1:99,081	2,365
Nicaragua	100%	49	1:122,823	3,914
Japan	-	38	1:3,368,054	24,004
Panama	100%	37	1:105,583	5,133
Singapore	-	37	1:169,920	8,215
Malta	-	34	1:12,628	1,146
Botswana	-	32	1:68,264	6,262
Malaysia	100%	26	1:1,171,152	39,513
India	100%	25	1:48,595,119	841,422
Mozambique	-	25	1:1,089,734	1,713
Papua New Guinea	100%	23	1:354,448	28,044
Qatar	100%	23	1:103,026	12,248
Wales	100%	21	1:147,348	3,021
Hong Kong	-	20	1:387,636	3,995
Iraq	100%	19	1:1,843,045	11,423
Russia	100%	19	1:7,591,248	31,825
Slovenia	100%	18	1:136,598	3,266
Slovakia	100%	16	1:331,879	1,774
Belize	100%	15	1:23,621	2,493
Cameroon	71%	13	1:1,662,346	37,840
Monaco	100%	13	1:2,959	566
New Caledonia	100%	13	1:20,782	1,589
Antigua and Barbuda	-	12	1:8,283	1,404
Taiwan	100%	12	1:1,980,807	51,381
Trinidad and Tobago	100%	10	1:136,142	8,486
Turkey	-	10	1:7,780,171	28,511
Bahrain	-	9	1:149,853	3,890
Malawi	-	9	1:1,901,368	9,999
Sri Lanka	-	9	1:2,311,010	7,931
São Tomé and Príncipe	100%	7	1:27,428	2,105
South Korea	-	7	1:792,060	15,859
Bermuda	-	6	1:10,804	1,174
Oman	-	6	1:684,778	5,486
Curaçao	-	5	1:31,161	859
Micronesia	-	5	1:21,300	626
Nigeria	-	5	1:35,512,872	242,191
Afghanistan	-	4	1:8,155,879	35,337
Angola	-	4	1:6,741,652	4,704
Benin	-	4	1:2,643,961	45,199
Cambodia	-	4	1:4,068,332	35,322
Faroe Islands	100%	4	1:12,282	1,318
French Polynesia	-	4	1:69,476	2,352
Gabon	-	4	1:470,834	2,822
Iran	-	4	1:19,624,217	40,893
Jordan	100%	4	1:2,206,694	7,695
Marshall Islands	100%	4	1:12,808	1,787
Sudan	-	4	1:9,451,744	6,661
Tunisia	-	4	1:169,226	7,289
United States Virgin Islands	-	4	1:27,437	2,836
Vietnam	-	4	1:23,155,778	5,302
Bhutan	-	3	1:274,976	4,070
Haiti	-	3	1:3,575,651	30,510
Latvia	-	3	1:671,882	3,893
Lebanon	-	3	1:1,875,857	11,580
Puerto Rico	-	3	1:1,183,434	5,646
Senegal	-	3	1:4,860,452	20,187
Uganda	100%	3	1:13,652,307	74,436
Northern Ireland	-	2	1:921,573	3,058
Albania	-	2	1:1,523,285	33,816
Bahamas	-	2	1:199,685	2,758
Bulgaria	-	2	1:3,495,195	19,668
Congo	100%	2	1:2,504,602	31,783
Iceland	100%	2	1:183,008	5,215
Jamaica	-	2	1:1,441,614	15,741
North Macedonia	-	2	1:1,045,378	12,250
Pakistan	100%	2	1:97,178,840	228,758
Saint Lucia	100%	2	1:88,908	5,280
Ukraine	-	2	1:22,749,954	22,291
Zambia	-	2	1:7,927,397	45,785
Andorra	-	1	1:82,887	1,356
Aruba	-	1	1:103,780	2,838
Azerbaijan	-	1	1:9,642,944	42,290
Belarus	-	1	1:9,482,384	20,892
Brunei	-	1	1:419,570	3,266
Burkina Faso	-	1	1:18,379,469	100,219
Cape Verde	-	1	1:529,151	6,361
Cayman Islands	-	1	1:61,299	2,487
Cook Islands	-	1	1:18,153	1,349
Cyprus	100%	1	1:871,076	5,368
Fiji	-	1	1:892,378	3,968
Guyana	-	1	1:763,262	24,238
Ivory Coast	100%	1	1:23,075,933	135,227
Jersey	100%	1	1:99,980	2,122
Kazakhstan	-	1	1:17,746,845	44,366
Kenya	-	1	1:46,307,110	74,921
Kuwait	-	1	1:3,785,264	15,388
Kyrgyzstan	-	1	1:5,973,277	46,622
Lithuania	-	1	1:2,951,882	5,377
Mongolia	-	1	1:2,934,814	16,205
Myanmar	-	1	1:51,948,273	3,226
Northern Cyprus	-	1	1:318,133	3,044
Palestine	100%	1	1:4,550,058	5,739
Serbia	-	1	1:7,145,721	10,629
Seychelles	-	1	1:92,670	1,891
Solomon Islands	-	1	1:580,957	8,641
Syria	-	1	1:19,306,075	9,560
Vanuatu	-	1	1:261,792	1,604
Vatican City	-	1	1:123	15
Wallis and Futuna	-	1	1:13,529	157
Zimbabwe	-	1	1:15,423,817	113,731

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The alternate forms: Wérner (6) & Wernér (2) are calculated separately.

Werner (234,694) may also be a surname.

Werner Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

A Teutonic name, meaning: Of the protecting army.

— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

DNA test information

Werner Forename Popularity

Werner Demographics

Average Male Werner Height

175.85^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 693 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Wérner	94	6	/
Wernér	94	2	/
Wernher	92	513	/
Werhner	92	68	/
Wernner	92	55	/
Wherner	92	32	/
Wuerner	92	29	/
Wehrner	92	28	/
Woerner	92	20	/
Werrner	92	8	/
Werneer	92	7	/
Wernier	92	6	/
Wernerr	92	6	/
Weerner	92	5	/
Wernerd	92	5	/
Weirner	92	3	/
Wernehr	92	2	/
Wergner	92	2	/
Wearner	92	2	/
Weyrner	92	1	/
Wierner	92	1	/
Wernere	92	1	/
Wernerh	92	1	/
Werneur	92	1	/
Werzner	92	1	/
Waerner	92	1	/
Wernerp	92	1	/
Wernherr	86	3	/
Wernerht	86	2	/
Whernher	86	2	/
Wherhner	86	1	/
Wernneur	86	1	/
Wernerth	86	1	/
Whernner	86	1	/
Wouerner	86	1	/
Warner	83	13,460	/
Verner	83	7,138	/
Berner	83	714	/
Worner	83	34	/
Wirner	83	32	/
Wärner	83	15	/
Uerner	83	7	/
Wrener	83	6	/
Wyrner	83	3	/
Wernre	83	2	/
Wörner	83	2	/
Wernerrph	80	1	/
Wehergner	80	1	/
Vernier	77	85	/
Warnner	77	49	/
Vernerd	77	24	/
Vernner	77	10	/
Warrner	77	9	/
Vernher	77	5	/
Bernner	77	4	/
Vernear	77	4	/
Vernert	77	4	/
Vearner	77	4	/
Wharner	77	4	/
Huerner	77	4	/
Beerner	77	3	/
Bernear	77	3	/
Vierner	77	3	/
Vernesr	77	2	/
Wernair	77	2	/
Vherner	77	1	/
Berneir	77	1	/
Bernerr	77	1	/
Bearner	77	1	/
Veirner	77	1	/
Verneer	77	1	/
Verneir	77	1	/
Vernere	77	1	/
Wöhrner	77	1	/
Wörzner	77	1	/
Wwarner	77	1	/
Wirnert	77	1	/
Wirnner	77	1	/
Whirner	77	1	/
Whrener	77	1	/
Wuirner	77	1	/
Wayrner	77	1	/
Wairner	77	1	/
Warneer	77	1	/
Warnehr	77	1	/
Warneyr	77	1	/
Uherner	77	1	/
Warinner	71	3	/
Verinner	71	1	/
Vernnier	71	1	/
Vhernerd	71	1	/
Viernier	71	1	/
Wernaire	71	1	/
Waharner	71	1	/
Warnheur	71	1	/
Whaarner	71	1	/
Warneria	71	1	/
Varner	67	304	/
Virner	67	17	/
Warnir	67	10	/
Vorner	67	9	/
Vernir	67	4	/
Wornir	67	3	/
Birner	67	3	/
Warnyr	67	2	/
Värner	67	2	/
Bernir	67	1	/
Byrner	67	1	/
Wornyr	67	1	/
Uirner	67	1	/

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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
Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - 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 Werner