Names distinctive to Colombia

The list of names unique to the Republic of Colombia*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Angie 21% 1.
2. Johana 33% 2.
3. María 24% 3.
4. Dayana 22% 4.
5. Julieth 23% 5.
6. Aleja 62% 11.
7. Lizeth 21% 6.
8. Deisy 27% 8.
9. Ximena 25% 7.
10. Mafe 58% 15.
11. Yaneth 22% 9.
12. Yamile 41% 13.
13. Carmenza 69% 20.
14. Omaira 51% 17.
15. Yeimy 57% 19.
16. Francy 30% 12.
17. Yuliana 21% 10.
18. Katherin 32% 14.
19. Mónica 33% 18.
20. Angélica 45% 23.
21. Yurani 81% 33.
22. Sindy 21% 16.
23. Liceth 74% 32.
24. Liseth 37% 24.
25. Yudy 33% 21.

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Jhon 41% 1.
2. Camilo 29% 2.
3. Andrés 50% 4.
4. Brayan 29% 3.
5. Yeison 58% 5.
6. Stiven 51% 6.
7. Elkin 57% 7.
8. Jeison 56% 8.
9. Yesid 55% 9.
10. Arley 73% 15.
11. Edinson 48% 11.
12. Sebastián 50% 12.
13. Maicol 42% 10.
14. Jeisson 82% 17.
15. Giovanny 55% 14.
16. Sebas 58% 16.
17. Jhoan 42% 13.
18. Jaider 74% 20.
19. Julián 71% 19.
20. Yeferson 76% 24.
21. Alirio 35% 21.
22. Eduar 38% 23.
23. Nicolás 33% 22.
24. Estiven 53% 25.
25. Jesús 21% 18.

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Giraldo 91% 1.
2. Restrepo 94% 5.
3. Quintero 43% 2.
4. Munoz 56% 6.
5. Florez 82% 14.
6. Ospina 94% 18.
7. Jaramillo 52% 11.
8. Garzon 79% 21.
9. Valencia 30% 4.
10. Cardona 48% 12.
11. Rincon 59% 16.
12. Arango 79% 22.
13. Agudelo 94% 27.
14. Suarez 23% 3.
15. Henao 95% 30.
16. Parra 33% 8.
17. Forero 94% 32.
18. Osorio 33% 9.
19. Londono 96% 33.
20. Arias 24% 7.
21. Buitrago 88% 35.
22. Zuluaga 95% 42.
23. Montoya 31% 15.
24. Duque 57% 29.
25. Cardenas 26% 13.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 67%
Panama 65%
Costa Rica 65%
Nicaragua 63%
Peru 61%
Honduras 61%
Dominican Republic (the) 60%
Mexico 58%
Uruguay 57%

*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).