Graham Forename
2,594th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 398,362 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Graham Forename Definition:
From the Gaelic gruama, surly, stern, morose, dark, gloomy; gruamach, surly, stern, frowning, grim; or gruaimean, a surly man, a man with a frowning visage.
Graham Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 203,434 | 1:273 | 47 |
| Australia | - | 41,203 | 1:331 | 61 |
| United States | 100% | 30,717 | 1:11,802 | 1,191 |
| Scotland | 100% | 20,895 | 1:256 | 59 |
| Canada | 100% | 20,186 | 1:1,641 | 349 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18,987 | 1:2,872 | 515 |
| New Zealand | - | 16,225 | 1:280 | 37 |
| Wales | 100% | 10,766 | 1:287 | 58 |
| Ireland | 99% | 3,474 | 1:1,337 | 230 |
| Sudan | - | 2,578 | 1:14,665 | 1,593 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 2,438 | 1:3,344 | 369 |
| Ghana | 67% | 2,247 | 1:12,010 | 1,092 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,003 | 1:10,384 | 1,539 |
| Zambia | - | 1,822 | 1:8,702 | 1,000 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,548 | 1:1,191 | 234 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,493 | 1:31,016 | 2,570 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,285 | 1:12,003 | 1,543 |
| France | 100% | 1,224 | 1:54,306 | 1,582 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,090 | 1:64,281 | 6,367 |
| Angola | - | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 910 | 1:195,126 | 8,548 |
| Poland | 50% | 707 | 1:53,787 | 1,425 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Spain | 100% | 617 | 1:75,413 | 2,521 |
| Germany | 100% | 555 | 1:174,194 | 2,884 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 484 | 1:34,922 | 2,731 |
| Oman | - | 421 | 1:9,759 | 1,181 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Philippines | 99% | 374 | 1:283,448 | 11,276 |
| Mali | - | 331 | 1:51,292 | 2,831 |
| Samoa | - | 320 | 1:610 | 177 |
| Vanuatu | - | 318 | 1:823 | 223 |
| Portugal | - | 314 | 1:33,156 | 1,338 |
| Jersey | 100% | 300 | 1:333 | 67 |
| Malawi | 100% | 296 | 1:57,812 | 3,676 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 287 | 1:221 | 46 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 273 | 1:26,198 | 2,589 |
| Egypt | - | 260 | 1:353,465 | 10,818 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 243 | 1:2,391 | 395 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 238 | 1:34,510 | 1,825 |
| Japan | - | 225 | 1:568,827 | 11,748 |
| Morocco | - | 218 | 1:157,563 | 4,496 |
| Brazil | 100% | 217 | 1:987,263 | 26,051 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Bahamas | - | 189 | 1:2,113 | 459 |
| Jamaica | - | 181 | 1:15,929 | 1,485 |
| Malta | - | 176 | 1:2,440 | 432 |
| Sweden | 100% | 175 | 1:56,331 | 2,863 |
| Singapore | 100% | 164 | 1:38,336 | 6,537 |
| India | 100% | 162 | 1:7,499,247 | 249,316 |
| Barbados | - | 154 | 1:1,882 | 422 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 154 | 1:197,727 | 11,476 |
| Norway | 100% | 150 | 1:34,216 | 1,652 |
| Belgium | 100% | 145 | 1:79,242 | 3,081 |
| China | - | 140 | 1:9,757,541 | 59,611 |
| Hong Kong | - | 138 | 1:56,179 | 2,560 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 137 | 1:6,358 | 669 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 120 | 1:439,903 | 13,173 |
| Bermuda | - | 116 | 1:559 | 94 |
| Greece | 100% | 110 | 1:99,405 | 2,685 |
| Denmark | - | 107 | 1:52,799 | 1,970 |
| Italy | 99% | 91 | 1:671,012 | 6,559 |
| Botswana | 100% | 90 | 1:24,272 | 2,834 |
| Gibraltar | - | 90 | 1:379 | 77 |
| Uganda | 100% | 88 | 1:465,420 | 11,126 |
| Namibia | - | 79 | 1:30,433 | 2,363 |
| Indonesia | - | 77 | 1:3,350,178 | 149,032 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 66 | 1:20,628 | 2,420 |
| Iraq | - | 63 | 1:555,839 | 5,912 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Austria | 100% | 57 | 1:149,372 | 2,597 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| Israel | 100% | 47 | 1:178,785 | 5,862 |
| Qatar | 100% | 46 | 1:51,513 | 6,571 |
| Mexico | 100% | 45 | 1:2,758,765 | 14,273 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Guyana | 100% | 42 | 1:18,173 | 2,319 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:1,532 | 357 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 38 | 1:2,616 | 555 |
| Finland | 97% | 35 | 1:156,662 | 2,989 |
| Cameroon | - | 32 | 1:675,328 | 20,004 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 31 | 1:2,743 | 154 |
| South Korea | - | 31 | 1:178,852 | 7,173 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 29 | 1:19,450 | 1,188 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 26 | 1:3,562,427 | 3,420 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Russia | 89% | 21 | 1:6,868,272 | 29,833 |
| Hungary | 100% | 18 | 1:543,987 | 1,953 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 16 | 1:2,169 | 514 |
| Monaco | 100% | 15 | 1:2,564 | 491 |
| Peru | 100% | 14 | 1:2,270,818 | 22,263 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Ecuador | - | 12 | 1:1,477,243 | 9,675 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 12 | 1:14,818 | 1,739 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 11 | 1:2,965,774 | 21,963 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 11 | 1:211 | 26 |
| Cambodia | - | 10 | 1:1,627,333 | 20,911 |
| Czechia | 100% | 10 | 1:1,065,616 | 3,543 |
| Liberia | 100% | 10 | 1:441,206 | 12,452 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 10 | 1:2,376,968 | 55,480 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 8 | 1:393 | 64 |
| Grenada | 100% | 8 | 1:13,516 | 1,533 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Chile | 100% | 7 | 1:2,515,315 | 15,652 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 6 | 1:972 | 199 |
| Venezuela | - | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Brunei | 100% | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Guatemala | - | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Georgia | - | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Latvia | - | 4 | 1:503,911 | 3,554 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Albania | - | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Graham (449,919) may also be a surname.
Graham Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From the Gaelic gruama, surly, stern, morose, dark, gloomy; gruamach, surly, stern, frowning, grim; or gruaimean, a surly man, a man with a frowning visage.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller in the] grey manor: stern: courageous.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Graham Forename Popularity
Graham Demographics
Graham Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 57 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grahamm | 92 | 13 | / |
| Ghraham | 92 | 6 | / |
| Grahaam | 92 | 3 | / |
| Grahamh | 92 | 2 | / |
| Cgraham | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ggraham | 92 | 2 | / |
| Graaham | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kgraham | 92 | 1 | / |
| Grahahm | 92 | 1 | / |
| Grahaim | 92 | 1 | / |
| Grraham | 92 | 1 | / |
| Grahm | 91 | 273 | / |
| Graam | 91 | 116 | / |
| Grham | 91 | 33 | / |
| Graahame | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hgrahame | 86 | 1 | / |
| Grahum | 83 | 5 | / |
| Graame | 83 | 1 | / |
| Grhame | 83 | 1 | / |
| Graajm | 83 | 1 | / |
| Graahm | 83 | 1 | / |
| Grhamm | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gram | 80 | 4,327 | / |
| Ghram | 73 | 1,575 | / |
| Grame | 73 | 256 | / |
| Gream | 73 | 222 | / |
| Gramm | 73 | 75 | / |
| Graim | 73 | 26 | / |
| Graym | 73 | 9 | / |
| Hgram | 73 | 7 | / |
| Grram | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gramt | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gramh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Graum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngram | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kgram | 73 | 1 | / |
| Graëm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ggram | 73 | 1 | / |
| Greame | 67 | 294 | / |
| Gramme | 67 | 49 | / |
| Grayme | 67 | 11 | / |
| Graime | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ghrame | 67 | 5 | / |
| Geeram | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hngram | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Gram | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghramh | 67 | 1 | / |
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