List of chemical elements named after places

List of places used in the names of chemical elements - Wikimedia list article. Article “List of chemical elements named after places” in English Wikipedia has 24.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 8 references and 4 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “List of chemical elements named after places”, its content was written by 99 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 180 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 121 times in English Wikipedia and cited 486 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7563 in February 2004
• Global: #21695 in February 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #42264 in September 2022
• Global: #82991 in September 2022

There are 10 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) List of chemical elements named after places		24.8963
2	Persian (fa) فهرست عنصرهای شیمیایی برپایه نام مکان‌ها		24.1461
3	Korean (ko) 장소 이름을 딴 화학 원소 목록		18.8371
4	Turkish (tr) Adlarını coğrafi yerlerden alan elementler listesi		13.843
5	Japanese (ja) 元素の名称に使われた場所の一覧		13.6162
6	Chinese (zh) 以地點命名的化學元素列表		10.8995
7	Croatian (hr) Kemijski elementi imenovani po mjestima		2.7317
8	Galician (gl) Elementos químicos con nome de lugar		2.5716
9	Arabic (ar) قائمة الأماكن المستخدمة في أسماء العناصر الكيميائية		2.4818
10	Indonesian (id) Unsur kimia yang berasal dari nama tempat		2.2105

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "List of chemical elements named after places" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) List of chemical elements named after places		751 673
2	Indonesian (id) Unsur kimia yang berasal dari nama tempat		31 578
3	Chinese (zh) 以地點命名的化學元素列表		19 816
4	Croatian (hr) Kemijski elementi imenovani po mjestima		17 119
5	Japanese (ja) 元素の名称に使われた場所の一覧		17 102
6	Korean (ko) 장소 이름을 딴 화학 원소 목록		16 407
7	Arabic (ar) قائمة الأماكن المستخدمة في أسماء العناصر الكيميائية		7 018
8	Turkish (tr) Adlarını coğrafi yerlerden alan elementler listesi		5 993
9	Galician (gl) Elementos químicos con nome de lugar		2 624
10	Persian (fa) فهرست عنصرهای شیمیایی برپایه نام مکان‌ها		539

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "List of chemical elements named after places" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) List of chemical elements named after places		1 345
2	Japanese (ja) 元素の名称に使われた場所の一覧		115
3	Chinese (zh) 以地點命名的化學元素列表		79
4	Korean (ko) 장소 이름을 딴 화학 원소 목록		15
5	Turkish (tr) Adlarını coğrafi yerlerden alan elementler listesi		11
6	Indonesian (id) Unsur kimia yang berasal dari nama tempat		10
7	Croatian (hr) Kemijski elementi imenovani po mjestima		9
8	Persian (fa) فهرست عنصرهای شیمیایی برپایه نام مکان‌ها		7
9	Galician (gl) Elementos químicos con nome de lugar		2
10	Arabic (ar) قائمة الأماكن المستخدمة في أسماء العناصر الكيميائية		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "List of chemical elements named after places" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) List of chemical elements named after places		99
2	Galician (gl) Elementos químicos con nome de lugar		14
3	Croatian (hr) Kemijski elementi imenovani po mjestima		12
4	Indonesian (id) Unsur kimia yang berasal dari nama tempat		11
5	Chinese (zh) 以地點命名的化學元素列表		11
6	Japanese (ja) 元素の名称に使われた場所の一覧		8
7	Korean (ko) 장소 이름을 딴 화학 원소 목록		8
8	Arabic (ar) قائمة الأماكن المستخدمة في أسماء العناصر الكيميائية		7
9	Turkish (tr) Adlarını coğrafi yerlerden alan elementler listesi		7
10	Persian (fa) فهرست عنصرهای شیمیایی برپایه نام مکان‌ها		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "List of chemical elements named after places" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) قائمة الأماكن المستخدمة في أسماء العناصر الكيميائية		0
2	English (en) List of chemical elements named after places		0
3	Persian (fa) فهرست عنصرهای شیمیایی برپایه نام مکان‌ها		0
4	Galician (gl) Elementos químicos con nome de lugar		0
5	Croatian (hr) Kemijski elementi imenovani po mjestima		0
6	Indonesian (id) Unsur kimia yang berasal dari nama tempat		0
7	Japanese (ja) 元素の名称に使われた場所の一覧		0
8	Korean (ko) 장소 이름을 딴 화학 원소 목록		0
9	Turkish (tr) Adlarını coğrafi yerlerden alan elementler listesi		0
10	Chinese (zh) 以地點命名的化學元素列表		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "List of chemical elements named after places" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) List of chemical elements named after places		121
2	Arabic (ar) قائمة الأماكن المستخدمة في أسماء العناصر الكيميائية		102
3	Korean (ko) 장소 이름을 딴 화학 원소 목록		96
4	Persian (fa) فهرست عنصرهای شیمیایی برپایه نام مکان‌ها		81
5	Turkish (tr) Adlarını coğrafi yerlerden alan elementler listesi		54
6	Indonesian (id) Unsur kimia yang berasal dari nama tempat		20
7	Galician (gl) Elementos químicos con nome de lugar		5
8	Chinese (zh) 以地點命名的化學元素列表		4
9	Japanese (ja) 元素の名称に使われた場所の一覧		3
10	Croatian (hr) Kemijski elementi imenovani po mjestima		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قائمة الأماكن المستخدمة في أسماء العناصر الكيميائية
en	English List of chemical elements named after places
fa	Persian فهرست عنصرهای شیمیایی برپایه نام مکان‌ها
gl	Galician Elementos químicos con nome de lugar
hr	Croatian Kemijski elementi imenovani po mjestima
id	Indonesian Unsur kimia yang berasal dari nama tempat
ja	Japanese 元素の名称に使われた場所の一覧
ko	Korean 장소 이름을 딴 화학 원소 목록
tr	Turkish Adlarını coğrafi yerlerden alan elementler listesi
zh	Chinese 以地點命名的化學元素列表

Best Rank

English: #42264 09.2022

Global: #82991 09.2022

Best Rank

English: #7563 02.2004

Global: #21695 02.2004

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