How many Pope names have there been?

Question

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.

10 points to person with best verifiable answer.

Answer 1

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.

http://www.popechart.com/facts.htm

The only other site I found is Wikipedia but I try not to use it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nam...

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nam...

there is a lot to type so i am just going to give you the address

Answer 3

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

With love in Christ.