Errol Forename
14,399th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 67,065 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Errol Forename Definition:
A Larin name, meaning: Wandering.
Errol Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 16,318 | 1:22,217 | 1,722 |
| South Africa | 100% | 9,978 | 1:5,465 | 1,037 |
| Jamaica | - | 9,207 | 1:313 | 35 |
| Philippines | 99% | 8,329 | 1:12,728 | 1,592 |
| England | 100% | 3,876 | 1:14,345 | 1,014 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,635 | 1:12,574 | 1,353 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,146 | 1:9,692 | 1,463 |
| Australia | - | 1,993 | 1:6,853 | 785 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,929 | 1:706 | 86 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,383 | 1:3,280 | 549 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Guyana | 100% | 860 | 1:888 | 114 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 741 | 1:6,434 | 729 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 681 | 1:24,820 | 2,195 |
| Barbados | - | 633 | 1:458 | 105 |
| Suriname | 100% | 378 | 1:1,462 | 325 |
| India | 95% | 375 | 1:3,239,675 | 143,655 |
| Bahamas | - | 371 | 1:1,076 | 273 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 338 | 1:461 | 126 |
| Belize | 100% | 259 | 1:1,368 | 300 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 227 | 1:492 | 30 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Peru | 100% | 186 | 1:170,922 | 4,809 |
| Brazil | 100% | 177 | 1:1,210,374 | 29,893 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 132 | 1:1,954,270 | 101,041 |
| Grenada | 99% | 128 | 1:845 | 150 |
| Zimbabwe | 94% | 119 | 1:129,612 | 8,787 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 110 | 1:671,160 | 22,021 |
| Scotland | 100% | 104 | 1:51,446 | 1,596 |
| Germany | 100% | 101 | 1:957,207 | 7,645 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 96 | 1:1,035 | 195 |
| Wales | 100% | 89 | 1:34,768 | 1,460 |
| Aruba | - | 88 | 1:1,179 | 242 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 86 | 1:713 | 127 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 86 | 1:2,068 | 380 |
| Ecuador | - | 83 | 1:213,577 | 3,561 |
| Congo | 100% | 76 | 1:65,911 | 4,662 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 75 | 1:731 | 131 |
| Israel | 95% | 71 | 1:118,351 | 4,732 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 69 | 1:441,303 | 20,000 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 64 | 1:94,036 | 3,381 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 62 | 1:487,127 | 13,195 |
| Panama | 100% | 59 | 1:66,213 | 3,892 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 59 | 1:1,860 | 382 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 56 | 1:186,273 | 7,851 |
| Chile | 100% | 51 | 1:345,239 | 4,938 |
| France | 100% | 49 | 1:1,356,538 | 9,323 |
| Honduras | 100% | 49 | 1:179,948 | 4,418 |
| Mexico | 97% | 48 | 1:2,586,342 | 13,729 |
| Thailand | 100% | 43 | 1:1,629,438 | 49,421 |
| Mauritius | - | 42 | 1:30,900 | 2,306 |
| Sweden | 100% | 41 | 1:240,437 | 7,877 |
| Seychelles | - | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Singapore | 100% | 37 | 1:169,920 | 8,215 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 36 | 1:226,453 | 19,035 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Colombia | - | 31 | 1:1,541,256 | 14,557 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Pakistan | 79% | 30 | 1:6,478,589 | 55,825 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 29 | 1:201 | 52 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Norway | 100% | 28 | 1:183,297 | 4,750 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 26 | 1:315,904 | 6,089 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 22 | 1:1,080,440 | 39,831 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Kenya | - | 19 | 1:2,437,216 | 20,914 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Hong Kong | - | 17 | 1:456,043 | 4,226 |
| Ireland | 88% | 16 | 1:290,220 | 4,558 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 16 | 1:447,000 | 16,807 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 15 | 1:122,876 | 1,568 |
| China | - | 15 | 1:91,070,385 | 64,310 |
| Namibia | - | 15 | 1:160,279 | 4,926 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Argentina | 100% | 12 | 1:3,564,437 | 10,379 |
| Austria | 100% | 12 | 1:709,517 | 5,762 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,604 | 555 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Belgium | 100% | 9 | 1:1,276,671 | 14,181 |
| Dominica | - | 9 | 1:8,386 | 360 |
| Croatia | 100% | 8 | 1:527,134 | 5,786 |
| Turkey | 86% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Italy | 100% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Poland | - | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Russia | - | 4 | 1:36,058,426 | 83,389 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Cameroon | - | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 3 | 1:193,652 | 6,393 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nigeria | - | 1 | 1:177,564,360 | 489,087 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Errol (171) may also be a surname.
Errol Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Larin name, meaning: Wandering.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Errol Forename Popularity
Errol Demographics
Average Male Errol Height
175.98 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 455 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Errol Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Errol in the Russian language | ||
| Эррол | errol | - |
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