Names distinctive to Panama

The list of names unique to the Republic of Panama*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Vielka 58% 1.
2. Argelis 64% 3.
3. Lineth 41% 2.
4. Anayansi 62% 4.
5. Yariela 65% 6.
6. Dalys 80% 7.
7. Nilka 75% 10.
8. Dayra 33% 5.
9. Yaribeth 89% 12.
10. Yarelis 34% 8.
11. Marlenis 28% 9.
12. Yarineth 100% 20.
13. Yarisel 92% 19.
14. Maruquel 96% 20.
15. Yaritzel 91% 22.
16. Yorlenis 50% 14.
17. Nayelis 30% 11.
18. Doralis 67% 18.
19. Leydis 36% 14.
20. Mitzila 94% 32.
21. Betzy 37% 16.
22. Daryelis 100% 36.
23. Edilsa 20% 13.
24. Dianeth 53% 24.
25. Velkis 63% 30.

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Abdiel 46% 1.
2. Ameth 88% 2.
3. Yunier 84% 3.
4. Aldahir 52% 5.
5. Didimo 35% 4.

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Abrego 30% 1.
2. Arosemena 86% 4.
3. Panama 67% 7.
4. Sanjur 68% 8.
5. Barria 30% 3.
6. Samudio 39% 6.
7. Atencio 22% 2.
8. Urriola 61% 9.
9. Cerrud 98% 11.
10. Jaen 29% 5.
11. Arrocha 79% 12.
12. Beitia 72% 13.
13. Pitti 39% 10.
14. Tuñon 72% 14.
15. Araúz 100% 19.
16. Bethancourt 62% 15.
17. Alveo 99% 22.
18. Quiel 66% 20.
19. Castillero 65% 21.
20. Jaén 83% 23.
21. Suira 96% 29.
22. Montezuma 37% 17.
23. Camaño 34% 16.
24. Candanedo 63% 24.
25. Agrazal 100% 33.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68%
Dominican Republic (the) 66%
Colombia 65%
Nicaragua 62%
Uruguay 60%
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 59%
Peru 59%
Honduras 57%
Mexico 56%

*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).