Names distinctive to Uruguay

The list of names unique to the Eastern Republic of Uruguay*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. María 21% 1.
2. Lucía 49% 2.
3. Verónica 23% 3.
4. Magela 87% 7.
5. Dahiana 22% 4.
6. Sofía 24% 5.
7. Belén 38% 6.
8. Analía 70% 9.
9. Camii 41% 8.
10. Romii 84% 12.
11. Inés 33% 10.
12. Loreley 34% 11.
13. Euge 68% 13.
14. Valee 40% 14.
15. Rossina 38% 15.
16. Marìa 44% 17.
17. Nibia 31% 16.
18. Lilián 100% 28.
19. Anaclara 46% 19.
20. Flopi 84% 31.
21. Flopy 75% 29.
22. Beluu 64% 29.
23. Lulii 64% 32.
24. Xime 22% 18.
25. Dahia 45% 23.

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Nicolás 30% 1.
2. Gastón 70% 6.
3. Sebastián 22% 2.
4. Matías 47% 5.
5. Facu 64% 8.
6. Nacho 27% 3.
7. Maxi 24% 4.
8. Agustín 36% 7.
9. Joaco 79% 10.
10. Joaquín 25% 9.
11. Damián 41% 11.
12. Mathías 100% 15.
13. Tabaré 100% 16.
14. Darío 27% 12.
15. Yamandu 75% 17.
16. Néstor 22% 13.
17. Brahian 24% 14.
18. Tincho 63% 19.
19. Santii 29% 18.
20. Matii 25% 20.
21. Juanchi 36% 22.
22. Quique 20% 21.

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Techera 80% 4.
2. Silvera 26% 2.
3. Pintos 24% 1.
4. Curbelo 49% 6.
5. Bentancor 80% 8.
6. Alvez 27% 3.
7. Piriz 42% 7.
8. Larrosa 34% 5.
9. Umpierrez 69% 11.
10. Bolso 89% 13.
11. Fagundez 34% 9.
12. Bentancur 74% 14.
13. Sellanes 74% 20.
14. Tejera 23% 10.
15. Leites 29% 12.
16. Peñarol 97% 25.
17. Pirez 42% 17.
18. Falero 42% 18.
19. Cedres 49% 21.
20. Coitiño 84% 30.
21. Cuña 67% 28.
22. Luzardo 21% 16.
23. Mederos 20% 15.
24. Piñeyro 27% 19.
25. Graña 34% 22.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Argentina 70%
Panama 60%
Mexico 59%
Nicaragua 58%
Colombia 57%
Dominican Republic (the) 56%
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 53%
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 52%
Peru 52%

*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).