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Question: How many Pope names have there been!?
I would like to know how many of each pope names there have been, i!.e!. how many Urban's, and how many Innocent's!.

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Nationality of Popes

Of the 265 popes (263 to be exact because Pope Benedict IX, during the dreadful medieval fights between popes and anti-popes, was elected three times) 205 were Italians, (of whom 106 were Romans), and 57 foreigners; comprised of 19 Frenchmen, 14 Greeks, 8 Syrians, 6 Germans, 3 Africans, 2 Spaniards, 1 Austrian, 1 Palestinian, 1 Englishman, 1 Dutchman, and 1 Pole!.

Names of Popes

The most commonly used name is John (23 times), followed by Gregory (16 times), Benedict (16 times); 43 names were used only once!. Only two Popes have taken two names; John Paul I and II!.
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Here is the frequency of papal names (if we count John Paul as one name):
21: John
17: Benedict
16: Gregory
14: Clement
13: Innocent and Leo
12: Pius
10: Stephen
8: Urban and Boniface
7: Alexander
6: Paul and Adrian
5: Sixtus, Celestine, and Nicholas
4: Anastasius, Sergius, Eugene, and Honorius
3: Callistus, Felix, Julius, Lucius, Martin, Sylvester, and Victor
2: Marcellus, Damasus, Theodore, Gelasius, Marinus, Agapetus, Paschal, Pelagius, and John Paul
1: All others including Peter

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