Which type is the rarest?
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Doubt that as I can say I know more ENFJs and INFPs then I do INFJs. Being the rarest and actually being rare can be two very different things. We're supposedly 1 percent of the general population of the U.S..That being said the general population is quite large; 301,139,947 as of 2007, according to the central intellegance associations site. 1% of that number is still 3,011,399.6. Also there's always those who mistype. Whenever I read of someone being typed that I will never meet, I always take it with a grain of salt. People make mistakes.Satya said:
Does anyone have the actual statistics for each type? Are we really supposed to be the rarest?
For that matter, I wish they'd classify by type and gender. For example, I'm betting there are more INFJ females than ENTJ females (my BFF is ENTJ), in that sense making ENTJ females more rare.
Or do they already have stats on type and gender classifications?
For that matter, I wish they'd classify by type and gender. For example, I'm betting there are more INFJ females than ENTJ females (my BFF is ENTJ), in that sense making ENTJ females more rare.
Or do they already have stats on type and gender classifications?
They do, I don't know how accurate they are though, then again, I can't imagine anyone does.Kwistalline said:
http://www.mypersonality.info/personality-types/population-gender/
Here are some statistics from the book "What Type am I?" by Renee Baron. These numbers came from The Journal of Psychological Type, Volume 37, Copyright 1996, "The Distribution of MBTI Types in the United States" by Allen L. Hammer and Wayne D. Mitchell.
It looks like these researchers actually recorded the personality types of a population, rather than just guessing and making estimates (like David Keirsey, among others, has done).
Males Females Males Females
ESTJ 12.9% 7.3% ENTJ 3.5% 2.1%
ESFJ 4.7% 14.1% ENTP 6.7% 2.8%
ISTJ 19.4% 12.3% INTJ 4.8% 2.2%
ISFJ 6.3% 16.2% INTP 6.5% 4.0%
ESTP 6.2% 3.6% ENFJ 1.5% 3.4%
ESFP 4.0% 7.2% ENFP 6.0% 6.6%
ISTP 8.7% 4.3% INFJ 2.0% 3.1%
ISFP 2.3% 6.4% INFP 4.5% 4.2%
Sorry that it's all scrunched and hard to read. I tried to space the numbers farther apart but it didn't seem to work.
Anyway, here, ENFJ is the rarest male type and ENTJ, the rarest female type.
And yes, the INFP entry was typed correctly: This sample had slightly MORE INFP males than females!
It looks like these researchers actually recorded the personality types of a population, rather than just guessing and making estimates (like David Keirsey, among others, has done).
Males Females Males Females
ESTJ 12.9% 7.3% ENTJ 3.5% 2.1%
ESFJ 4.7% 14.1% ENTP 6.7% 2.8%
ISTJ 19.4% 12.3% INTJ 4.8% 2.2%
ISFJ 6.3% 16.2% INTP 6.5% 4.0%
ESTP 6.2% 3.6% ENFJ 1.5% 3.4%
ESFP 4.0% 7.2% ENFP 6.0% 6.6%
ISTP 8.7% 4.3% INFJ 2.0% 3.1%
ISFP 2.3% 6.4% INFP 4.5% 4.2%
Sorry that it's all scrunched and hard to read. I tried to space the numbers farther apart but it didn't seem to work.
Anyway, here, ENFJ is the rarest male type and ENTJ, the rarest female type.
And yes, the INFP entry was typed correctly: This sample had slightly MORE INFP males than females!
Elizabeth said:
You are an invaluable source of knowledge on this forum!! May you never leave . . . :lol:
I should tell my friend she IS the rarest female type . . . no wonder we intuitives have a hard time finding compatible romantic partners!! We are rare, and so are they! Oy.
New statistics as of this year, Check out this video from the Frank James channel.
We are now the third rarest.
- Sep 28, 2008
- 41,197
- 246,592
- 4,281
- MBTI
- INFJ
- Enneagram
- 954 so/sx
Oh no, not my special snowflakeness.
Guess it's time to artificially change my type.
Guess it's time to artificially change my type.
FUCK!
I thought this thread was "Which type is racist?"
I thought this thread was "Which type is racist?"