Wouter Forename

17,983rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 51,688 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wouter Forename User-submission:

A Germanic name, meaning 'leader of the army'.

Wouter Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands
100%
34,7961:48691
Belgium
100%
10,4711:1,097262
South Africa
100%
4,1791:13,0492,068
United States
100%
3221:1,125,89122,658
England
100%
2391:232,6486,487
Suriname
100%
2301:2,404565
Germany
100%
2241:431,5984,857
Thailand
100%
2151:325,88817,856
France
100%
1151:578,0035,833
New Zealand-791:57,4182,975
Switzerland
100%
751:109,5133,330
Canada-651:509,74413,326
Sweden
100%
551:179,2356,459
Spain
100%
511:912,3528,370
Brazil
100%
461:4,657,30874,565
Portugal-461:226,3234,580
Denmark-441:128,3983,389
Aruba-421:2,471502
Indonesia-411:6,291,797232,044
Australia-391:350,1956,577
Norway
100%
321:160,3854,349
Wales
100%
171:182,0183,415
Singapore-171:369,82710,107
Curaçao-161:9,738620
Mozambique-161:1,702,7101,919
Ireland
100%
151:309,5684,642
China-121:113,837,98265,289
Estonia
100%
111:119,5804,476
Italy
100%
111:5,551,09924,143
Malaysia
100%
111:2,768,17673,791
Luxembourg
100%
101:56,4052,050
Egypt-91:10,211,21621,716
Poland-91:4,225,2354,388
Hong Kong-81:969,0915,961
Japan-81:15,998,25741,670
Greece
100%
51:2,186,91011,382
Nigeria-51:35,512,872242,191
Argentina-51:8,554,64917,386
Ecuador-51:3,545,38415,000
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Austria
100%
41:2,128,55010,134
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Russia-41:36,058,42683,389
Chile
100%
41:4,401,80221,957
Sudan
100%
41:9,451,7446,661
Kenya-41:11,576,77840,588
Finland-41:1,370,79611,464
Zimbabwe
100%
31:5,141,27276,754
Scotland
100%
31:1,783,45514,297
Czechia-31:3,552,0546,491
Uganda-31:13,652,30774,436
United Arab Emirates-31:2,383,99875,650
Namibia-21:1,202,09012,702
Mexico-21:62,072,21496,650
Kazakhstan-21:8,873,42235,327
Slovakia
100%
21:2,655,0326,915
Philippines-21:53,004,738452,678
Congo-21:2,504,60231,783
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Turkey
100%
11:77,801,70991,051
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Hungary-11:9,791,7716,528
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Saint Lucia-11:177,8158,104
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Papua New Guinea-11:8,152,314202,620
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376

Wouter (367) may also be a surname.

Wouter Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Germanic name, meaning 'leader of the army'.

- wst

Wouter Forename Popularity

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Wather6788/
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Weiter6734/
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Weater6714/
Wahter6714/
Wayter6713/
Vauter6713/
Watere6713/
Watier6712/
Booter6711/
Beuter6710/
Buther679/
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Boiter677/
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Waater674/
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Whater673/
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Boyter673/
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