Names distinctive to Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)

The list of names unique to the Democratic Republic of the Congo*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Reine 81% 1.
2. Mercia 90% 2.
3. Divine 68% 3.
4. Grâce 98% 6.
5. Naomie 93% 5.
6. Chancelvie 97% 7.
7. Gloire 35% 4.
8. Princilia 100% 12.
9. Princia 100% 14.
10. Benie 86% 13.
11. Prefina 92% 15.
12. Emmanuelle 60% 9.
13. Grèce 53% 8.
14. Belvie 90% 16.
15. Belvina 100% 19.
16. Dorcia 93% 20.
17. Gracia 34% 11.
18. Mavie 77% 17.
19. Nuptia 100% 22.
20. Dorcas 25% 10.
21. Paule 57% 18.
22. Exaucèe 94% 24.
23. Benicia 80% 25.
24. Dieuveille 53% 21.
25. Rochelvie 100% 29.

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Christ 85% 1.
2. Gloire 65% 3.
3. Prince 31% 2.
4. Destin 94% 5.
5. Dieuveil 97% 7.
6. Juste 89% 10.
7. Bienvenu 80% 9.
8. Merveil 100% 15.
9. Grèce 47% 6.
10. Espoir 85% 13.
11. Beni 42% 4.
12. Exaucè 87% 14.
13. Ange 57% 11.
14. Chadrack 100% 19.
15. Jordy 66% 17.
16. Claude 24% 8.
17. Saint 66% 18.
18. Yann 31% 12.
19. Exauce 69% 20.
20. Exaucé 86% 24.
21. Brice 34% 16.
22. Jeancy 72% 25.
23. Dieuveille 46% 21.
24. Gedeon 67% 27.
25. Japhet 39% 23.

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Ngoma 93% 1.
2. Malonga 99% 3.
3. Itoua 100% 4.
4. Elenga 100% 5.
5. Samba 76% 2.
6. Mabiala 100% 6.
7. Mavoungou 99% 7.
8. Mboungou 100% 8.
9. Milandou 100% 9.
10. Makosso 100% 10.
11. Ibara 98% 11.
12. Mbemba 99% 12.
13. Massamba 99% 14.
14. Makaya 96% 13.
15. Ondongo 100% 15.
16. Mouanda 100% 16.
17. Banzouzi 100% 17.
18. Malanda 97% 18.
19. Goma 92% 19.
20. Ndinga 99% 20.
21. Matondo 96% 21.
22. Loemba 100% 22.
23. Nkouka 100% 23.
24. Nkounkou 100% 24.
25. Mahoungou 100% 27.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Cameroon 19%
Gabon 19%
Angola 17%
Côte d'Ivoire 15%
Senegal 15%
Benin 13%
Zambia 13%
Luxembourg 12%

*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).