Wu Forename

28,600th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 29,046 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Singapore
Highest density in:
Macau

Wu Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Wu Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Singapore
54%
 
12,4761:50441
United States
62%
 
3,4421:105,3274,601
China-2,9981:455,65625,071
Thailand
59%
 
1,9331:36,2474,298
Brazil
84%
 
1,6971:126,2446,512
Taiwan
68%
 
1,6691:14,2422,725
Macau-1,3651:446109
Malaysia
75%
 
7751:39,2903,413
Canada
 
84%
6591:50,2783,294
Vanuatu-2921:897247
Indonesia-2061:1,252,25172,951
Hong Kong-1741:44,5562,473
Pakistan
100%
981:1,983,24227,189
Germany
99%
 
951:1,017,6627,908
Dominican Republic-931:112,1645,632
Spain
100%
891:522,8096,497
Australia-871:156,9844,547
Ecuador-771:230,2203,701
England
72%
 
771:722,11613,518
France
82%
 
621:1,072,1028,166
Japan-551:2,327,01920,839
Brunei-521:8,069674
Russia
67%
 
501:2,884,67417,015
Austria
88%
 
441:193,5052,959
Qatar
79%
 
361:65,8228,074
South Africa
85%
 
311:1,759,11854,898
Netherlands
54%
 
251:676,08314,224
Finland
 
63%
221:249,2363,896
Greece
100%
201:546,7277,050
Venezuela
77%
 
201:1,510,09528,853
India
64%
 
191:63,940,9461,014,029
South Korea-191:291,8129,421
Ireland
80%
 
171:273,1484,515
New Zealand-151:302,40310,381
Belarus
75%
 
141:677,3134,005
Italy
95%
 
141:4,361,57821,991
Aruba-131:7,9831,397
Sweden
55%
 
121:821,49217,584
Vietnam
100%
121:7,718,5933,884
Paraguay
80%
 
111:657,8915,571
Kazakhstan
100%
91:1,971,87215,474
Nigeria
83%
 
91:19,729,373174,791
Panama-91:434,06212,541
Argentina
83%
 
71:6,110,46314,292
Belgium
72%
 
71:1,641,43416,483
Belize
75%
 
71:50,6163,777
Guam-71:22,9492,164
Hungary
100%
71:1,398,8243,444
Peru
67%
 
71:4,541,63634,195
Philippines
100%
71:15,144,211189,875
United Arab Emirates-61:1,191,99940,353
Mexico
100%
51:24,828,88553,479
Papua New Guinea
 
80%
51:1,630,463100,826
DR Congo
50%
 
41:18,456,90195,891
Ethiopia-41:24,390,03319,296
Samoa-41:48,798712
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Sudan
100%
41:9,451,7446,661
Azerbaijan
100%
31:3,214,31527,427
Cambodia
100%
31:5,424,44341,412
Cameroon
67%
 
31:7,203,50173,722
Chile
100%
31:5,869,06926,159
Costa Rica
100%
31:1,589,31614,648
Norway-31:1,710,77619,445
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Israel-21:4,201,45930,777
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Switzerland
100%
21:4,106,74825,883
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
American Samoa-11:55,8453,376
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Comoros-11:761,339901
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Faroe Islands-11:49,1272,467
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Ivory Coast-11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Niger-11:19,183,99477,442
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Palau-11:21,711239
Poland
95%
 
11:38,027,1129,241
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
San Marino-11:32,920787
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Tonga-11:107,436779
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Zimbabwe-11:15,423,817113,731

Wu (35,112,871) may also be a surname.

Wu Forename Popularity

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Wui803,849/
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Wuj80136/
Wuy80135/
Wuu80109/
Weu8075/
Hwu8044/
Whu8015/
Wgu804/
Vwu803/
Wwu803/
Wahu671,383/
Wohu67295/
Whui6760/
Hwui6740/
Hwau6725/
Whou676/
Wudh676/
Weuz676/
Wauh674/
Waux673/
Wheu673/
Wuhd672/
Whuy672/
Weud672/
Hwuy672/
Wuud671/
Wudt671/
Wuuh671/
Wuzz671/
Wwuy671/
Whup671/
Hwus671/
Wuys671/
Wuut671/
Whuz671/
Wusz671/
Wusj671/
Wuph671/
Whau671/
Weut671/
Vwud671/
Vwhu671/
Hwwu671/
Wauu671/
Wouh671/
Weup671/

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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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  • 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 Wu