Throughout the world, Espérance (Esperance 
, Espérance ) is a common dominantly girly, but uncommonly male first name. The forename Espérance is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common largely female, but uncommonly boy's name, the Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Burundi, where it is quite a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and India. Much less frequently, Espérance is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Esperance, Espérance | Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast |
| espérance du puy de montbrun, dame de ferrassières, epeyssolles, thoiriat 1638 Pont de Veyle - 12 Jul 1690 Coppet (b. 1638) |
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| espérance sylvestre (b. 1790) |
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espérance nyirasafari lawyer and politician in Rwanda, RW (b. 1972) |
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| espérance m'baharanyi politician in DRC |
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| espérance kashala-abotnes researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-6441-7003 |
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| espérance musirimu Burundian female lawyer, BI |
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| espérance maman you broalet Ivorian neurosurgeon, CI |
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| nyamulengwa wetchi espérance |
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| espérance ouédraogo |
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| espérance agbo Ivorian association football player, CI (b. 1995) |
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