Cameron Forename
7,957th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 131,010 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia
Cameron Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 91% | 68,757 | 1:5,273 | 733 |
| Australia | - | 22,488 | 1:607 | 139 |
| Canada | 100% | 14,558 | 1:2,276 | 466 |
| England | 100% | 6,812 | 1:8,162 | 708 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4,134 | 1:1,294 | 235 |
| South Africa | 98% | 4,049 | 1:13,468 | 2,107 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,027 | 1:1,126 | 264 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,102 | 1:63,581 | 6,320 |
| Barbados | - | 356 | 1:814 | 190 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Wales | 100% | 254 | 1:12,182 | 890 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 171 | 1:431,740 | 15,753 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 153 | 1:110,471 | 5,478 |
| Namibia | - | 149 | 1:16,135 | 1,586 |
| Germany | 79% | 145 | 1:666,744 | 6,220 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 139 | 1:110,963 | 7,854 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 136 | 1:59,943 | 5,776 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Malawi | - | 127 | 1:134,743 | 6,567 |
| Ireland | 100% | 126 | 1:36,853 | 1,379 |
| Brazil | 100% | 124 | 1:1,727,711 | 38,197 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 121 | 1:251,652 | 13,538 |
| France | 90% | 102 | 1:651,670 | 6,201 |
| Philippines | 91% | 100 | 1:1,060,095 | 28,385 |
| Afghanistan | 88% | 90 | 1:362,484 | 7,050 |
| China | - | 88 | 1:15,523,361 | 60,054 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 87 | 1:15,648 | 2,025 |
| Israel | 99% | 80 | 1:105,036 | 4,475 |
| Northern Ireland | 95% | 76 | 1:24,252 | 1,025 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 76 | 1:1,468 | 265 |
| Spain | 100% | 62 | 1:750,483 | 7,663 |
| Sweden | 95% | 61 | 1:161,605 | 6,044 |
| India | 100% | 56 | 1:21,694,249 | 498,448 |
| Singapore | 100% | 55 | 1:114,310 | 7,597 |
| Iraq | 100% | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 50 | 1:143,040 | 9,963 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Nigeria | 50% | 44 | 1:4,035,554 | 64,774 |
| Hong Kong | - | 38 | 1:204,019 | 3,280 |
| Russia | 67% | 37 | 1:3,898,208 | 20,782 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 37 | 1:15,702 | 1,358 |
| Switzerland | 96% | 31 | 1:264,951 | 5,486 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 30 | 1:9,005 | 945 |
| Jamaica | - | 28 | 1:102,972 | 4,346 |
| Japan | - | 27 | 1:4,740,224 | 27,142 |
| Saint Lucia | 96% | 27 | 1:6,586 | 1,033 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Italy | 81% | 25 | 1:2,442,484 | 15,834 |
| Mexico | 100% | 24 | 1:5,172,684 | 20,497 |
| Indonesia | - | 22 | 1:11,725,621 | 355,622 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 21 | 1:1,653 | 420 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Denmark | - | 17 | 1:332,323 | 6,094 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 16 | 1:3,831 | 730 |
| Jersey | - | 16 | 1:6,249 | 672 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 16 | 1:3,429 | 679 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Belgium | 75% | 15 | 1:766,003 | 10,349 |
| Belize | 100% | 15 | 1:23,621 | 2,493 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| South Korea | - | 15 | 1:369,628 | 10,743 |
| Costa Rica | 83% | 13 | 1:366,765 | 6,353 |
| Czechia | 57% | 12 | 1:888,014 | 3,257 |
| Cambodia | 56% | 11 | 1:1,479,394 | 19,817 |
| Greece | 100% | 11 | 1:994,050 | 9,495 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Guyana | 100% | 9 | 1:84,807 | 6,788 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Vietnam | - | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 8 | 1:6,598,540 | 36,161 |
| Bahamas | - | 7 | 1:57,053 | 1,294 |
| Grenada | 83% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Uganda | 100% | 7 | 1:5,850,989 | 49,331 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:7,812 | 1,520 |
| Chile | 100% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Lebanon | 75% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Venezuela | - | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Belarus | 50% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Finland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Hungary | 82% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Caméron (1) are calculated separately.
Cameron (185,204) may also be a surname.
Cameron Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Gaelic name, meaning: Crooked nose.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Gaelic name: Camshron, Camaran, Middle Gaelic Cámsroin, g. (M‘V.), Camronaich, Gillacamsroin (1467 MS.), Charter English Gamroun (1472); explained as from càm-sròn, “wrynose,” which is the most probable explanation (cf. caimbeul, Early Irish cerrbél, wry mouth). Connection with camerarius or chamberlain (of Scotland) unlikely, or with the fourteenth century De Cambruns or Cameron parish in Fife.
— Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain
User-submitted Reference
It is a Gaelic name, which means 'turning river' or 'crooked water'.
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Sample size: 9,089 (2014)
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