Witness Forename

12,472nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 79,236 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Witness Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Witness Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania
 
99%
47,0061:1,123239
Malawi
 
52%
11,9511:1,432297
Zimbabwe
92%
 
9,3091:1,657300
South Africa
 
60%
8,3011:6,5691,231
Zambia-1,2321:12,8691,293
Nigeria
 
57%
3591:494,60815,600
Botswana
95%
 
3381:6,4631,037
Kenya-1701:272,3959,890
Uganda
50%
 
1661:246,7287,774
Swaziland-1281:10,1581,360
England
67%
 
421:1,323,87919,785
Namibia-401:60,1043,480
India
57%
 
291:41,892,344765,715
Indonesia-231:11,215,812344,499
DR Congo
50%
 
211:3,515,60073,131
Rwanda-161:710,7151,599
United States-151:24,169,132185,959
Ireland
 
67%
131:357,1945,120
China-81:170,756,97372,230
Philippines
88%
 
81:13,251,185172,764
Brazil-81:26,779,519235,888
Iceland-61:61,0033,164
Marshall Islands
100%
61:8,5381,253
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Canada-41:8,283,34367,579
Mexico
100%
41:31,036,10761,748
Northern Ireland-31:614,3822,910
Lesotho
100%
31:679,99929,822
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Afghanistan
100%
21:16,311,75848,279
Venezuela
100%
21:15,100,946147,145
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Pakistan-11:194,357,680303,535
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392

Witness (2,705) may also be a surname.

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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 Witness