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Throughout the world, Mayor (Mayor , Maior , Майор ) is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently female forename. The first name Mayor is characteristic of Nigeria, where it is a rare epicene name, the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare boy's name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ghana. More prevalently, Mayor is the last name as well as the forename.
Mayor is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mayor Quimby , the fictional character from The Simpsons franchise; Mayor Brown , the main antagonist of the 2010 film Yogi Bear; Mayor Bramble , the fictional person in webcomic Pepper&Carrot, 70th mayor of Komona; Mayor of Townsville , the fictional human from The Powerpuff Girls, The Powerpuff Girls Movie and Mayor of New York City , the fictional character in the 1987–1996 animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series, Invasion of the Punk Frogs, and in many other works.