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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