Kelvin Forename
1,273rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 744,756 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya
Kelvin Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 100% | 245,394 | 1:189 | 15 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 95,858 | 1:551 | 103 |
| Zambia | - | 81,109 | 1:195 | 21 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 66,171 | 1:2,683 | 487 |
| United States | 100% | 43,088 | 1:8,414 | 972 |
| Malawi | 99% | 33,865 | 1:505 | 105 |
| Ghana | 100% | 27,362 | 1:986 | 215 |
| Brazil | 100% | 25,132 | 1:8,524 | 1,009 |
| England | 100% | 12,128 | 1:4,585 | 516 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9,837 | 1:721 | 169 |
| Philippines | 100% | 8,579 | 1:12,357 | 1,567 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 8,543 | 1:1,221 | 192 |
| Mozambique | - | 6,720 | 1:4,054 | 816 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5,567 | 1:5,425 | 686 |
| Australia | - | 5,505 | 1:2,481 | 433 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 5,300 | 1:5,745 | 662 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,097 | 1:6,501 | 917 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,283 | 1:12,732 | 2,026 |
| Honduras | 100% | 4,051 | 1:2,177 | 369 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 3,534 | 1:72,995 | 8,662 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3,471 | 1:4,444 | 716 |
| Ecuador | - | 3,408 | 1:5,202 | 568 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,237 | 1:1,401 | 317 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2,779 | 1:1,588 | 279 |
| Singapore | 100% | 2,625 | 1:2,395 | 338 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,287 | 1:32,281 | 2,336 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,241 | 1:9,643 | 1,172 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,141 | 1:636 | 73 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,700 | 1:4,560 | 339 |
| China | - | 1,514 | 1:902,283 | 32,765 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,445 | 1:22,001 | 1,687 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,391 | 1:2,225 | 383 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,369 | 1:4,632 | 495 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 1,318 | 1:4,566 | 684 |
| Uganda | 77% | 1,084 | 1:37,783 | 2,448 |
| Angola | - | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| India | 100% | 937 | 1:1,296,561 | 77,968 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 881 | 1:18,284 | 1,146 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 853 | 1:19,815 | 1,909 |
| Panama | 100% | 848 | 1:4,607 | 807 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 758 | 1:40,650 | 4,986 |
| Poland | 100% | 754 | 1:50,434 | 1,356 |
| Guyana | 100% | 576 | 1:1,325 | 225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 568 | 1:14,353 | 1,438 |
| Thailand | 100% | 556 | 1:126,018 | 9,784 |
| Mexico | 98% | 435 | 1:285,389 | 4,263 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Jamaica | - | 373 | 1:7,730 | 982 |
| Scotland | 100% | 340 | 1:15,736 | 872 |
| Colombia | 100% | 310 | 1:154,126 | 4,111 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 276 | 1:17,275 | 1,285 |
| Kuwait | - | 275 | 1:13,765 | 1,556 |
| Barbados | - | 259 | 1:1,119 | 259 |
| Egypt | - | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Botswana | 100% | 227 | 1:9,623 | 1,390 |
| Ireland | 100% | 224 | 1:20,730 | 1,009 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 212 | 1:16,747 | 844 |
| Namibia | - | 204 | 1:11,785 | 1,347 |
| Spain | 100% | 187 | 1:248,823 | 4,542 |
| Grenada | 99% | 179 | 1:604 | 88 |
| Dominica | - | 177 | 1:426 | 94 |
| Albania | 100% | 174 | 1:17,509 | 2,340 |
| Belize | 100% | 145 | 1:2,444 | 554 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Denmark | - | 132 | 1:42,799 | 1,753 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 121 | 1:1,470 | 268 |
| Russia | 100% | 117 | 1:1,232,767 | 9,857 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 116 | 1:91,391 | 2,443 |
| Germany | 100% | 115 | 1:840,677 | 7,117 |
| Vietnam | - | 113 | 1:819,674 | 2,456 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 107 | 1:1,043 | 156 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 98 | 1:319 | 12 |
| Qatar | 100% | 95 | 1:24,943 | 3,553 |
| Brunei | - | 94 | 1:4,464 | 441 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 91 | 1:78,593 | 6,638 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 82 | 1:1,212 | 251 |
| Congo | 100% | 77 | 1:65,055 | 4,588 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 74 | 1:7,851 | 832 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 74 | 1:1,483 | 304 |
| Sweden | 100% | 72 | 1:136,915 | 5,400 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 69 | 1:795 | 151 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| South Korea | - | 63 | 1:88,007 | 4,721 |
| Japan | - | 57 | 1:2,245,369 | 20,551 |
| France | 100% | 54 | 1:1,230,932 | 8,854 |
| Belgium | 100% | 48 | 1:239,376 | 5,403 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 43 | 1:1,271 | 265 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 41 | 1:579,748 | 30,088 |
| Iraq | 100% | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 36 | 1:14,699 | 1,294 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 36 | 1:315,873 | 1,243 |
| Macau | - | 35 | 1:17,377 | 339 |
| Chile | 91% | 31 | 1:567,974 | 6,542 |
| Guernsey | - | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 30 | 1:61,438 | 1,282 |
| Benin | 100% | 29 | 1:364,684 | 13,715 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 26 | 1:315,904 | 6,089 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:2,665 | 568 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 19 | 1:68,304 | 3,234 |
| Norway | 100% | 19 | 1:270,123 | 6,107 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 18 | 1:10,797,649 | 73,414 |
| Afghanistan | - | 14 | 1:2,330,251 | 19,281 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 14 | 1:244,831 | 4,102 |
| Argentina | 100% | 13 | 1:3,290,249 | 9,899 |
| Italy | 96% | 13 | 1:4,697,084 | 22,664 |
| Belarus | 100% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 10 | 1:87,108 | 2,498 |
| Finland | 92% | 10 | 1:548,318 | 6,147 |
| Myanmar | - | 10 | 1:5,194,827 | 1,419 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Cambodia | - | 9 | 1:1,808,148 | 22,232 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 8 | 1:24,000 | 1,933 |
| Czechia | 100% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Georgia | - | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Greece | 100% | 6 | 1:1,822,425 | 10,706 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Montserrat | - | 5 | 1:975 | 152 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Turkey | - | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Senegal | - | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Kélvin (17) & Kèlvíñ (1) are calculated separately.
Kelvin (22,596) may also be a surname.
Kelvin Forename Popularity
Kelvin Demographics
Kelvin Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 5,075 (2014)
United States
Average
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Kelvin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kelvin in the Russian language | ||
| Кельвин | kelvin | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kelvin