Names in Greenland as of 1 July 2011 - Stat

[Pages:31]Population Statistics

2011

Names in Greenland as of 1 July 2011

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

3

2. First Names

4

3. Middle Names

6

4. First and Middle Names

8

5. Last Names

9

6. Geographical Distribution of First and Last Names

10

7. First and Last Names through the Years

11

8. First and Last Names by Locality

13

9. Special Greenlandic First Names

14

10. Method

15

11. Appendix

16

12. Statistics on Names

29

13. Other Sources of Information on Names

30

1. Introduction

This publication is a count of names in Greenland as of 1 July 2011.

Contents

The publication starts with a count of the most popular first names in Greenland and their distribution among generations (section 2). Statistics on middle names then follow (section 3) as well as a count of first and middle names taken as a whole (section 4) and a list of the most common last names (section 5). Next, the geographical distribution of names among districts is presented (section 6). Furthermore, two detailed tables show the distribution of names with respect to year of birth and locality (sections 7 and 8). Finally, statistics on names with the frequent Greenlandic suffixes, -raq and -nnguaq, are compiled (section 9). The method upon which the publication is based is finally described (section 10).

An appendix contains an In an appendix, an alphabetical list of all first names in Greenland with a frequency of alphabetical list of names five or more is shown (section 11).

Names as of 1 July 2011

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2. First Names

Among living persons resident in Greenland and born in 2010 or before, the most popular first names in Greenland are Ane for women and Hans for men. Both names are much more common than number 2 on the lists: There are thus app. 45 per cent more women called Ane than Marie (690 compared to 475) and 25 per cent more men who are called Hans than Jens (988 compared to 789). Persons with the name of Ane amount to 2,6 per cent of the female population whereas persons called Hans amount to 3,3 per cent of the men. The 50 most common names and the number of persons bearing them are shown in table 1 (Gerth shares position 50 with Hendrik).

Table 1 First Names. 1 July 2011

Women

1

Ane

2

Marie

3

Karen

4

Johanne

5

Sofie

6

Dorthe

7

Margrethe

8

Sara

9

Naja

10

Anna

11

Kristine

12

Else

13

Louise

14

Helene

15

Karoline

16

Susanne

17

Amalie

18

Elisabeth

19

Paninnguaq

20

Kathrine

21

Kirsten

22

Hansine

23

Birthe

24

Martha

25

Mette

26

Jakobine

27

Nivi

28

Katrine

29

Pauline

30

Emilie

31

Maren

32

Juliane

33

Charlotte

34

Eva

35

Pipaluk

36

Inger

37

Jensine

38

Laila

39

Hanne

40

Cecilie

41

Julie

42

Regine

43

Ivalu

44

Oline

45

Bolethe

46

Judithe

47

Nina

48

Frederikke

49

Petrine

50

Rosa

Number

690 475 460 332 315 268 247 241 217 213 213 210 206 205 191 190 188 182 170 168 166 161 151 148 145 144 139 138 137 135 135 133 129 128 124 121 118 116 109 108 106 106 105 105 102 101 101 100 100 98

Men

Hans Jens Karl Peter Lars Niels Kristian Ole J?rgen Jakob Johannes Knud Malik Johan Thomas S?ren Frederik John Poul Nuka Martin Andreas Otto Jan Isak Jonas Henrik Mikael Nikolaj Pavia Anders David Rasmus Aputsiaq Ludvig Mathias Daniel Erik Minik Tobias Kim Marius Michael Inunnguaq Edvard Miki Arne Per Svend Gerth

Number

988 789 725 671 576 521 479 469 397 375 341 306 303 301 269 261 253 225 224 201 197 195 192 181 177 172 168 158 157 156 151 151 147 143 142 142 141 139 136 133 130 130 129 126 125 123 122 109 109 106

Names as of 1 July 2011

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Both Ane and Hans are frequent first names in Greenland across generations. Ane is the number 1 name for women per decade of birth from the 20's up through the 80's. In the 90's however, Ane cedes the position to Paninnguaq (Greenlandic meaning "sweet, little daughter"). Paninnguaq has entered the list relatively quickly: Among women born in the 80's, the name was number 5 on the list and in the decades before the name was not among the ten most common names in Greenland.

Similarly, Hans dominates all decades from the 20's up through the 80's with the 30's as an exception where Peter was the most common name given to persons living today. Among children born in the 90's Hans is the second-most popular name whereas Malik (Greenlandic for "wave"), entering the top 10 in the decade before, becomes the most popular name in the 90's and the first decade of the new century.

A top 10 by decade of birth is shown in table 2.

Table 2 First Names by Decade. 1 July 2011

1961-1970

1 Ane 2 Marie 3 Karen 4 Sofie 5 Johanne 6 Kristine 7 Margrethe 8 Dorthe 9 Else 10 Anna

1971-1980

150 Ane 122 Karen 114 Marie 80 Dorthe 72 Johanne 69 Mette 68 Naja 67 Susanne 63 Anna 62 Sofie

1981-1990

84 Ane 75 Johanne 49 Marie 48 Karen 40 Paninnguaq 39 Sofie 35 Louise 31 Anna 30 Nivi 28 Naja

1991-2000

96 Paninnguaq 58 Ane 52 Nivi 50 Naja 46 Ivalu 41 Pipaluk 37 Sofie 35 Sara 35 Marie 33 Camilla

2001-2010

76 Ivaana

52

64 Pipaluk

48

52 Nivi

47

41 Paninnguaq 43

40 Ivalu

39

40 Naasunnguaq 37

38 Julie

35

37 Ane

34

36 Isabella

33

35 Kimmernaq 33

1961-1970

1971-1980

1981-1990

1991-2000

2001-2010

1 Hans 2 Jens 3 Karl 4 Lars 5 Peter 6 Niels 7 Ole 8 Kristian 9 J?rgen 10 Johan

227 Hans 227 Karl 171 Jens 161 Peter 151 Lars 125 Niels 123 Thomas 116 Jakob 94 Martin 88 Knud

149 Hans 111 Karl 102 Jens 91 Malik 85 Peter 73 Lars 59 Kristian 57 Ole 55 Thomas 52 Niels

127 Malik

118 Malik

88

94 Hans

91 Aputsiaq

61

88 Karl

76 Minik

53

76 Jens

68 Hans

52

76 Peter

63 Inunnguaq 48

72 Kristian

62 Kristian

48

67 Lars

59 Nuka

46

60 Aputsiaq

52 Salik

44

54 Inunnguaq 51 Peter

42

52 Nuka

50 Inuk

37

Note: The table shows numbers and not relative frequencies. As there is not an equal number of people born each decade, a ratio between the number of names and the birth-rate for the decade must be calculated if one wishes to compare the relative frequency of a name.

Among the most popular names for boys for 2001-2010, Inuk shares position number 10 with Ivik.

Names as of 1 July 2011

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3. Middle Names

Among the middle names, Marie and Peter are the most popular but Ane and Hans, the most widely used first names are also to be found as middle names with 523 and 665 occurrences respectively. This means that 1.213 women in Greenland have Ane as their first or middle name, equivalent to about 4,6 per cent of the population. Correspondingly, 1.653 men have the name Hans as their first or middle name. This amounts to 5,5 per cent of the male population. The name of the first missionary in Greenland was, by the way, Hans. A list of the 50 most common middle names by gender appears in table 3. Birgithe and Maria share the position as number 50.

Table 3 Middle Names. 1 July 2011

Women

1

Marie

2

Sofie

3

Ane

4

Louise

5

Johanne

6

Karen

7

Margrethe

8

Dorthe

9

Kristine

10

Karoline

11

Helene

12

Sara

13

Elisabeth

14

Kathrine

15

Amalie

16

Pauline

17

Jakobine

18

Juliane

19

Hansine

20

Katrine

21

Else

22

Maren

23

Martha

24

Susanne

25

Mette

26

Birthe

27

Emilie

28

Regine

29

Jensine

30

Cecilie

31

Judithe

32

Frederikke

33

Anna

34

Bolethe

35

Oline

36

Eva

37

Charlotte

38

Petrine

39

Magdaline

40

Agathe

41

Andrea

42

Rosa

43

Kristiane

44

Magdalene

45

Bodil

46

Kirsten

47

Nikoline

48

Augusta

49

Nielsine

50

Birgithe

Number

962 527 523 446 443 425 369 335 302 264 258 236 232 232 214 188 184 184 180 172 169 169 169 169 168 166 159 150 148 147 146 139 138 136 135 131 125 125 120 115 115 113 112 106 104 104 104 99 94 93

Men

Peter Karl Kristian Hans Ole Jens Jakob Lars Frederik J?rgen Johannes Niels Johan Otto Knud Thomas David S?ren Pavia Erik Isak Andreas Nikolaj Marius Ludvig Elias Christian Tobias Jonas Martin Anders Pele Hendrik Emil Mathias Mikael Arne Josef Abel Edvard John Nuka Henrik Anthon Daniel Aron Samuel Ulrik Gerth Adam

Number

1106 738 685 665 517 515 489 476 441 438 396 350 322 259 253 250 242 220 208 205 203 201 199 179 173 168 165 163 160 158 149 147 141 137 136 136 133 130 126 125 124 124 116 115 113 111 111 110 109 104

Names as of 1 July 2011

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A large proportion of the population has one or more middle names. This holds true for 91,7 per cent of the women and 89,8 per cent of the men. Two women and six men have one first name and no less than seven middle names and a last name as is shown in the table below.

Table 4 Number of Middle Names. 1 July 2011

0 middle names 1 middle name 2 middle names 3 middle names 4 middle names 5 middle names 6 middle names 7 middle names

Women

2 199 5 730 7 880 8 027 2 430

252 22 2

In per cent

8,3 21,6 29,7 30,2 9,2 0,9 0,1 0,0

Men

3 037 6 970 8 439 8 679 2 437

258 28 6

In per cent

10,2 23,3 28,3 29,1 8,2 0,9 0,1 0,0

On average, girls and women have ? not counting the first name ? 2,14 middle names, whereas boys and men have 2,05 middle names, as is shown in the table below.

Table 5 Number of Middle Names: Average, Median, and Standard Deviation. 1 July 2011

Number of bearers Average number of middle names Median Standard deviation

Women

26 542 2,14 2 1,14

Men

29 854 2,05 2 1,16

The number of middle names, however, depends on the generation. As can be seen below, the number of middle names for girls and women reaches a maximum in the period from 1921-1930 with 2,67 middle names on average whereas the average number of middle names for boys and men reaches a climax for people born between 1931 and 1940 with 2,68 middle names on average.

Chart 1 Average Number of Middle Names by Decade of Birth. 1 July 2011

Average number of middle names in the decade leading up to the year mentioned 3,0 2,5 2,0 1,5 1,0 0,5 0,0

1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

Women

Men

Names as of 1 July 2011

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4. First and Middle Names

If each person's first and middle names are counted and these are added for all of the population, a total number of names can be calculated. 26.542 girls and women thus have 83.239 names while 29.854 boys and men have 90.987 names. If all names are thus considered as one pool of names, the top 50 of names changes as Marie and Peter become more popular names than Ane and Hans, now taking up second position on the lists as is shown in the table below.

Table 6 First and Middle Names. 1 July 2011

Women

1

Marie

2

Ane

3

Sofie

4

Karen

5

Johanne

6

Louise

7

Margrethe

8

Dorthe

9

Kristine

10

Sara

11

Karoline

12

Helene

13

Elisabeth

14

Amalie

15

Susanne

16

Kathrine

17

Jakobine

18

Pauline

19

Hansine

20

Else

21

Juliane

22

Maren

23

Mette

24

Birthe

25

Katrine

26

Martha

27

Emilie

28

Anna

29

Regine

30

Judithe

31

Oline

32

Cecilie

33

Frederikke

34

Jensine

35

Bolethe

36

Charlotte

37

Eva

38

Kirsten

39

Petrine

40

Agathe

41

Kristiane

42

Naja

43

Magdaline

44

Andrea

45

Nikoline

46

Inger

47

Bodil

48

Nielsine

49

Rosa

50

Magdalene

Number

2 165 1 722 1 436 1 380 1 322 1 115 1 075

995 831 798 764 753 722 672 627 626 606 606 578 567 567 545 540 531 524 501 495 492 476 448 447 442 438 436 427 427 423 405 384 363 358 351 346 332 320 318 317 315 310 298

Men

Peter Hans Karl Kristian Jens Ole Lars Jakob J?rgen Niels Johannes Frederik Johan Thomas Knud Otto S?ren Isak David Andreas Nikolaj Pavia Martin Ludvig Tobias Jonas Marius John Mathias Anders Mikael Malik Elias Erik Poul Abel Hendrik Nuka Pele Josef Aron Edvard Daniel Henrik Adam Rasmus Arne Anthon Emil Gerth

Number

2 725 2 327 2 229 1 869 1 818 1 585 1 526 1 457 1 301 1 257 1 224 1 056 1 008

912 876 808 792 716 700 684 675 652 580 573 573 570 557 526 511 494 494 471 455 451 440 429 420 418 413 408 406 405 394 392 391 383 370 367 359 356

Names as of 1 July 2011

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