Who Forename

371,231st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 518 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
San Marino

Who Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Who Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States-1571:2,309,15336,784
Nigeria
82%
 
691:2,573,39747,350
Russia
75%
 
391:3,698,30020,046
Malaysia
72%
 
391:780,76829,717
India-351:34,710,799676,029
Israel
67%
 
351:240,0836,784
Indonesia-101:25,796,367599,978
England
50%
 
91:6,178,10252,254
Egypt-91:10,211,21621,716
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
Canada-81:4,141,67245,609
Thailand
 
61%
71:10,009,402140,485
Burkina Faso
 
67%
61:3,063,24550,518
China-61:227,675,96474,319
Australia-51:2,731,52422,009
Myanmar-41:12,987,0681,965
Netherlands
72%
 
41:4,225,52128,563
Bahrain-41:337,1684,986
Hong Kong-41:1,938,1818,439
Afghanistan-31:10,874,50540,253
Germany
73%
 
31:32,225,95964,270
Philippines
100%
31:35,336,492343,681
France-21:33,235,17058,100
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Peru-21:15,895,72774,652
Papua New Guinea
50%
 
21:4,076,157155,819
Kazakhstan
50%
 
21:8,873,42235,327
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Ukraine-21:22,749,95422,291
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Saint Lucia-11:177,8158,104
Switzerland
100%
11:8,213,49636,387
San Marino-11:32,920787
Sweden-11:9,857,90778,968
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
American Samoa-11:55,8453,376
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Brazil
 
67%
11:214,236,154864,335
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Mauritania-11:4,095,23927,701
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260

Who (95) may also be a surname.

Who Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whoo8638/
Whoi8614/
Whoy8610/
Whou866/
Whot863/
Whoa863/
Wjho861/
Wcho861/
Whoz861/
Wo803,031/
Wuhou75574/
Whois758/
Wouho753/
Whoop752/
Wwhjo751/
Whoij751/
Whodz751/
Whwoo751/
Wuhod751/
Whout751/
Whoss751/
Whods751/
Whoot751/
Wah6751,243/
Woo676,608/
Huo671,800/
Woi671,495/
Wuo671,341/
Woh671,011/
Wha67624/
Woj67302/
Wou67144/
Woy67101/
Woa6761/
Hwo6741/
Hbo6723/
Wouhou6715/
Vho6710/
Wwo678/
Hvo676/
Vwo673/
Whoaya671/
Woï671/
Hwchoo671/

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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 Who