Names distinctive to Chile

The list of names unique to the Republic of Chile*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Javiera 67% 1.
2. Constanza 24% 2.
3. Fresia 34% 3.
4. Luzmira 78% 5.
5. Uberlinda 66% 4.
6. Yasna 79% 6.
7. Millaray 100% 8.
8. Felicinda 28% 7.
9. Guacolda 100% 12.
10. Makarena 83% 14.
11. Ercira 71% 13.
12. Nolfa 71% 15.
13. Lucerina 69% 16.
14. Prosperina 32% 10.
15. Tiare 28% 11.
16. Doralisa 21% 9.
17. Tegualda 100% 20.
18. Nayareth 100% 21.
19. Pía 100% 22.
20. Audolia 42% 17.
21. Mackarena 100% 25.
22. Nayaret 100% 26.
23. Audolina 46% 18.
24. Floridema 100% 28.
25. Luzmenia 62% 24.

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Rosamel 66% 1.
2. Nibaldo 75% 5.
3. Galvarino 51% 4.
4. Aliro 77% 7.
5. Cristián 29% 3.
6. Yerko 26% 2.
7. Benja 33% 6.
8. Cristóbal 28% 8.
9. Benjamín 27% 9.
10. Floridor 77% 11.
11. Sigisfredo 64% 10.
12. Bastián 100% 14.
13. Caupolican 100% 15.
14. Felidor 61% 12.
15. Serjio 22% 13.
16. Dolorindo 63% 21.
17. Eduvino 39% 17.
18. Sofanor 30% 16.
19. Lincoyan 100% 23.
20. Honorindo 36% 20.
21. Celindo 34% 19.
22. Rubelindo 100% 28.
23. Uberlindo 65% 25.
24. Clenardo 77% 26.
25. Rudelindo 100% 31.

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Araya 44% 2.
2. Sepulveda 33% 1.
3. Riquelme 55% 3.
4. Aravena 85% 4.
5. Sanhueza 91% 8.
6. Arriagada 87% 12.
7. Donoso 65% 9.
8. Inostroza 81% 15.
9. Pizarro 28% 5.
10. Poblete 44% 10.
11. Gajardo 81% 17.
12. Henriquez 21% 6.
13. Pavez 86% 23.
14. Arancibia 44% 13.
15. Valdebenito 89% 25.
16. Araneda 89% 26.
17. Lagos 24% 7.
18. Saez 31% 11.
19. Jorquera 82% 24.
20. Retamal 72% 21.
21. Cisternas 91% 33.
22. Gaete 86% 35.
23. Troncoso 35% 14.
24. Mardones 80% 34.
25. Fuentealba 86% 36.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Costa Rica 57%
Colombia 57%
Peru 53%
Panama 49%
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 48%
Nicaragua 43%
Dominican Republic (the) 42%
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 41%
Uruguay 41%

*The rank of the unique name is the geometric average of the name uniqueness and the name prevalence in the respective country. Name uniqueness is measured only by the exact grapheme form (not taking into account transliterational equivalents or phonetic similarities).

** Country similarity is the correlation of the relative frequency of the names shared by two countries (as measured by cosine similarity).