Adamson Forename

61,727th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 9,884 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Adamson Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Adam’s son.

Adamson Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia-3,3101:4,790674
Malawi
95%
 
2,4751:6,914876
Nigeria
100%
1,1731:151,3767,277
Philippines
99%
 
8851:119,7856,331
Tanzania
100%
8471:62,3244,236
Zimbabwe
96%
 
3981:38,7533,602
Kenya
100%
2081:222,6308,662
DR Congo
100%
1921:384,51914,440
Papua New Guinea
84%
 
1061:76,9097,275
United States
100%
651:5,577,49267,408
Cameroon
100%
391:554,11517,419
Uganda
100%
311:1,321,19120,529
Indonesia-301:8,598,789287,510
South Africa
100%
211:2,596,79370,323
England
100%
161:3,475,18336,259
Chile
 
57%
151:1,173,8149,993
Brazil
100%
111:19,476,014191,600
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
Solomon Islands-61:96,8265,869
India
100%
51:242,975,5942,326,743
Australia-41:3,414,40625,298
China-31:455,351,92789,064
Ivory Coast
100%
21:11,537,96695,271
Haiti-21:5,363,47632,317
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Scotland
100%
21:2,675,18318,328
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Montenegro-11:634,5764,914
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Estonia
100%
11:1,315,3808,883
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497

Adamson (63,021) may also be a surname.

Adamson Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Adam’s son.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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