Amon Forename
5,914th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 177,837 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast
Amon Forename Definition:
Ay'-mon, faithful, true. 1. The governor of Samaria, who kept the prophet Micaiah in custody. 1 Kings xxii. 26. 2. The fourteenth king of Judah; the son of Manasseh and Meshullemeth. 2 Kings xxi. 19. 3. One of the Nethinims. Neh. vii. 59.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 50% | 45,380 | 1:1,544 | 273 |
| Uganda | 99% | 26,283 | 1:1,558 | 250 |
| Ivory Coast | 64% | 22,150 | 1:1,042 | 120 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 20,149 | 1:2,620 | 500 |
| Zambia | - | 12,301 | 1:1,289 | 274 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 11,860 | 1:1,300 | 233 |
| Malawi | 99% | 8,355 | 1:2,048 | 394 |
| Kenya | 100% | 8,004 | 1:5,785 | 877 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,621 | 1:11,801 | 1,918 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,473 | 1:104,312 | 11,620 |
| Rwanda | - | 1,934 | 1:5,880 | 1,009 |
| United States | 100% | 1,308 | 1:277,169 | 8,881 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,282 | 1:24,035 | 3,052 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1,277 | 1:6,558 | 880 |
| Namibia | - | 1,254 | 1:1,917 | 378 |
| India | 96% | 1,099 | 1:1,105,439 | 70,023 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 979 | 1:75,411 | 4,313 |
| Brazil | 100% | 905 | 1:236,725 | 9,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90% | 756 | 1:10,783 | 1,086 |
| Nigeria | 80% | 626 | 1:283,649 | 10,795 |
| Pakistan | 62% | 623 | 1:311,971 | 8,807 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 621 | 1:49,576 | 1,908 |
| Bangladesh | 50% | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Ghana | 100% | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Egypt | 50% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Russia | 100% | 211 | 1:683,572 | 6,747 |
| Botswana | 91% | 206 | 1:10,604 | 1,504 |
| Swaziland | - | 205 | 1:6,342 | 1,007 |
| Philippines | 93% | 198 | 1:535,401 | 17,526 |
| Cameroon | 99% | 127 | 1:170,161 | 7,571 |
| Israel | 61% | 114 | 1:73,710 | 3,736 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| England | 100% | 99 | 1:561,646 | 11,447 |
| Germany | 100% | 94 | 1:1,028,488 | 7,955 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 85 | 1:6,835 | 759 |
| Liberia | 77% | 58 | 1:76,070 | 3,552 |
| Jamaica | - | 53 | 1:54,401 | 2,981 |
| Malaysia | 75% | 53 | 1:574,527 | 24,020 |
| China | - | 47 | 1:29,065,017 | 60,971 |
| Benin | 100% | 41 | 1:257,947 | 11,095 |
| Qatar | - | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| South Sudan | 80% | 36 | 1:320,862 | 717 |
| Cambodia | 64% | 34 | 1:478,627 | 10,442 |
| Canada | - | 30 | 1:1,104,446 | 21,208 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 30 | 1:238,400 | 14,853 |
| Mexico | 96% | 29 | 1:4,280,842 | 18,370 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 29 | 1:582,830 | 13,221 |
| New Zealand | - | 28 | 1:162,002 | 5,752 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 27 | 1:657,291 | 8,572 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 19 | 1:71,654 | 5,624 |
| Sweden | 63% | 18 | 1:547,662 | 13,582 |
| Australia | - | 16 | 1:853,601 | 10,910 |
| Peru | 100% | 15 | 1:2,119,430 | 21,304 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 15 | 1:1,584,645 | 46,832 |
| Burkina Faso | 56% | 14 | 1:1,312,819 | 33,687 |
| Marshall Islands | 91% | 13 | 1:3,941 | 611 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 13 | 1:2,323,223 | 39,208 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Croatia | 100% | 11 | 1:383,371 | 4,897 |
| France | 100% | 11 | 1:6,042,758 | 22,831 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 11 | 1:223,523 | 3,995 |
| Belgium | 100% | 10 | 1:1,149,004 | 13,254 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 9 | 1:663,697 | 17,951 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Sudan | 50% | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 9 | 1:912,611 | 11,192 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 8 | 1:1,205,368 | 16,287 |
| Italy | 97% | 8 | 1:7,632,761 | 27,464 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 8 | 1:904,601 | 6,499 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Denmark | - | 7 | 1:807,071 | 10,426 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:773,920 | 6,824 |
| Uruguay | - | 6 | 1:571,273 | 6,582 |
| Argentina | 67% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Czechia | 92% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Grenada | 100% | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Finland | 60% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Senegal | 67% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Spain | - | 3 | 1:15,509,988 | 21,126 |
| Transnistria | - | 3 | 1:158,546 | 1,411 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Niger | 50% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Poland | 96% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Ámon (8), Amón (2) & Amôn (1) are calculated separately.
Amon (76,760) may also be a surname.
Amon Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ay'-mon, faithful, true. 1. The governor of Samaria, who kept the prophet Micaiah in custody. 1 Kings xxii. 26. 2. The fourteenth king of Judah; the son of Manasseh and Meshullemeth. 2 Kings xxi. 19. 3. One of the Nethinims. Neh. vii. 59.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: to nourish: to be faithful.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Sun god. (Egyptian) The hidden or veiled one: an Egyptian deity.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Amon Forename Popularity
Amon Demographics
Amon Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 248 (2014)
United States
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Amon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amon in the Russian language | ||
| Амон | amon | - |
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