Éric Forename

146,421st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 2,536 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Éric Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Éric Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada
100%
1,2071:27,4512,250
France
100%
1,0721:62,0061,708
Portugal-1381:75,4412,229
Brazil
100%
371:5,790,16686,250
Belgium
100%
191:604,7399,016
Gabon-91:209,2602,118
Benin
100%
71:1,510,83532,846
Ivory Coast-61:3,845,98964,391
Switzerland-51:1,642,69915,939
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
100%
51:1,263280
DR Congo-41:18,456,90195,891
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
New Caledonia-41:67,5412,087
Cameroon-31:7,203,50173,722
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Norway
100%
11:5,132,32937,513
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Sweden-11:9,857,90778,968
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Cape Verde
100%
11:529,1516,361
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Panama
100%
11:3,906,55740,800
Finland
100%
11:5,483,18325,487
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Hungary-11:9,791,7716,528

The alternate forms: Eric (3,671,923), Èric (15), Eriç (2) & Erić (1) are calculated separately.

Éric (23) may also be a surname.

Éric Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eric923,671,923/
Èric9215/
Érick89323/
Héric8916/
Érich893/
Eriç832/
Erić831/
Hérick8010/
Iric75419/
Érik75105/
Yric7522/
Jric757/
Erick67902,336/
Erich67406,740/
Heric674,462/
Erric671,050/
Erikc67587/
Irick67145/
Irich67121/
Ericc6791/
Ericx6784/
Erict6780/
Airic6779/
Eriec6779/
Esric6777/
Earic6777/
Ehric6775/
Irici6750/
Eiric6749/
Eeric6747/
Erici6742/
Jiric6736/
Ericq6726/
Ereic6724/
Ayric6721/
Erhic6721/
Jyric6715/
Yrick6713/
Jrick679/
Eroic679/
Eyric679/
Hérik678/
Ieric677/
Ericz676/
Erioc676/
Erihc676/
Jrich675/
Ericg674/
Hiric674/
Hyric674/
Eraic673/
Eruic673/
Ericp673/
Iraic673/
Irics673/
Iriec672/
Iricx672/
Yrich672/
Erisc672/
Jrioc671/
Éryck671/
Ejric671/
Ericë671/
Eridc671/
Erijc671/
Eri'c671/
Eritc671/
Er'ic671/
Uiric671/
Èrick671/
Irioc671/
Isric671/
Yriwc671/
Jreic671/
Irisc671/
Irric671/
Ytric671/
Yrric671/
Yrhic671/
Yraic671/
Ãeric671/
Érike671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Éric