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Is Per a Male or Female Name?

Per is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Per globally is 95.6% males and 4.4% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Denmark with 99.6% and the country with the highest female ratio is Italy with 23.3%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Per in percentages: Globally: 95.6% males, 4.4% females, Sweden: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Denmark: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, Norway: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, Italy: 76.7% males, 23.3% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Per are 65+ years old, making up 42.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Per in each age group: 25-34: 3.0%, 35-44: 6.0%, 45-54: 13.3%, 55-64: 35.3%, 65+: 42.4%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Per is Sweden with 0.2236% of the population. Following is Denmark and Norway.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Per measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Per year over year: 1956: 0.0276‰, 1957: 0.0251‰, 1958: 0.0259‰, 1959: 0.0267‰, 1960: 0.0242‰, 1961: 0.0212‰, 1962: 0.0258‰, 1963: 0.0214‰, 1964: 0.0237‰, 1965: 0.0214‰, 1966: 0.0225‰, 1967: 0.019‰, 1968: 0.0155‰, 1969: 0.0111‰, 1970: 0.0113‰, 1971: 0.0106‰, 1972: 0.0093‰, 1973: 0.0079‰, 1974: 0.0078‰, 1975: 0.0075‰, 1976: 0.0067‰, 1977: 0.0059‰, 1978: 0.0061‰, 1979: 0.005‰, 1980: 0.0038‰, 1981: 0.0042‰, 1982: 0.0042‰, 1983: 0.0035‰, 1984: 0.0042‰, 1985: 0.0037‰, 1986: 0.0034‰, 1987: 0.0025‰, 1988: 0.0025‰, 1989: 0.002‰, 1990: 0.0019‰, 1991: 0.0016‰, 1992: 0.0017‰, 1993: 0.0019‰, 1994: 0.0024‰, 1995: 0.0007‰, 1996: 0.0006‰, 1997: 0.0003‰, 1998: 0.0028‰, 1999: 0.0007‰

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