Precedes Forename

640,739th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Precedes Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Precedes Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic-741:140,9636,526
Philippines
 
86%
481:2,208,53147,969
Brazil
 
82%
121:17,853,013181,068
Argentina
 
80%
121:3,564,43710,379
Colombia-101:4,777,89327,360
El Salvador-71:905,9696,148
Honduras
 
86%
71:1,259,63812,726
Mexico
 
57%
71:17,734,91843,346
United States-61:60,422,830354,092
South Africa
100%
41:13,633,162197,070
Peru
 
67%
41:7,947,86448,688
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996

Precedes (18) 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
  • 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 Precedes