Armstrong Forename

50,512th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 13,289 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Armstrong Forename Definition:

A Gaelic name, meaning: Of the strong arm.

Armstrong Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
100%
2,6191:20,8222,850
Ghana
100%
2,2471:12,0101,092
Nigeria
100%
1,6571:107,1605,902
Kenya
100%
1,1011:42,0593,065
Cameroon
100%
1,0481:20,6211,824
United States
92%
 
5861:618,66415,203
Zambia-5051:31,3962,328
Zimbabwe
100%
4901:31,4773,110
Liberia
99%
 
4021:10,975961
Philippines
100%
3821:277,51211,119
Brazil
100%
3351:639,51119,331
Malawi
100%
2961:57,8123,676
India
100%
2811:4,323,409173,801
Uganda
98%
 
2351:174,2856,382
Swaziland-1541:8,4431,221
Papua New Guinea
97%
 
951:85,8148,002
Haiti
100%
861:124,7326,561
England
99%
 
721:772,26314,097
Solomon Islands
100%
711:8,182858
Botswana
100%
691:31,6593,460
China-661:20,697,81560,420
Tanzania
100%
621:851,42418,512
Kuwait-571:66,4085,422
DR Congo
100%
551:1,342,32036,691
Canada
67%
 
491:676,19115,827
Australia-391:350,1956,577
Peru
100%
241:1,324,64415,889
Malaysia
95%
 
221:1,384,08844,593
Ivory Coast
56%
 
171:1,357,40836,328
Venezuela
100%
141:2,157,27837,130
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
141:97,2446,816
Jamaica-101:288,3238,750
Indonesia-91:28,662,630639,955
Hong Kong-81:969,0915,961
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
Namibia-71:343,4545,692
Scotland
100%
61:891,7289,103
Saint Lucia
100%
61:29,6362,683
Mexico
100%
61:20,690,73847,722
Thailand
100%
51:14,013,163173,193
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
41:27,8953,010
Portugal-41:2,602,7168,189
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Lebanon
 
67%
31:1,875,85711,580
Panama-31:1,302,18625,104
Netherlands
100%
31:5,634,02829,480
Sweden
100%
31:3,285,96941,581
Nicaragua
100%
21:3,009,16824,322
Colombia-21:23,889,46363,722
Paraguay
100%
21:3,618,40211,946
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
France-21:33,235,17058,100
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Central African Republic-11:4,515,3901,073
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Egypt
100%
11:91,900,94653,283
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Germany
100%
11:96,677,87695,912
Singapore
100%
11:6,287,05439,645
Guatemala
100%
11:16,108,42913,998
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Ireland
91%
 
11:4,643,51913,375
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Northern Cyprus-11:318,1333,044

Armstrong (305,274) may also be a surname.

Armstrong Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Gaelic name, meaning: Of the strong arm.

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

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