King Forename
6,336th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 166,069 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Macau
King Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: Chief.
King Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | - | 60,248 | 1:22,674 | 3,696 |
| United States | 100% | 12,573 | 1:28,835 | 2,019 |
| Malaysia | 75% | 11,465 | 1:2,656 | 255 |
| Ghana | 94% | 10,394 | 1:2,596 | 413 |
| Philippines | 99% | 9,373 | 1:11,310 | 1,471 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 8,556 | 1:20,753 | 2,099 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4,954 | 1:6,220 | 972 |
| Egypt | 98% | 4,880 | 1:18,832 | 1,475 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 3,157 | 1:23,385 | 1,856 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 3,051 | 1:3,786 | 490 |
| Malawi | 100% | 2,623 | 1:6,524 | 856 |
| Singapore | 82% | 2,599 | 1:2,419 | 339 |
| South Africa | 99% | 2,453 | 1:22,231 | 2,982 |
| Myanmar | - | 2,363 | 1:21,984 | 522 |
| Russia | 100% | 2,316 | 1:62,277 | 1,380 |
| Thailand | 70% | 1,897 | 1:36,935 | 4,350 |
| India | 99% | 1,763 | 1:689,097 | 50,457 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 1,555 | 1:9,919 | 1,333 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,393 | 1:23,786 | 2,048 |
| Indonesia | 90% | 1,287 | 1:200,438 | 19,369 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,271 | 1:76,759 | 6,049 |
| Macau | - | 1,170 | 1:520 | 125 |
| Zambia | - | 1,062 | 1:14,929 | 1,438 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Hong Kong | - | 926 | 1:8,372 | 701 |
| Morocco | - | 764 | 1:44,959 | 1,962 |
| England | 98% | 725 | 1:76,694 | 3,146 |
| Kenya | - | 620 | 1:74,689 | 4,404 |
| Liberia | 98% | 553 | 1:7,978 | 808 |
| Somalia | - | 519 | 1:26,061 | 1,724 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 516 | 1:102,303 | 5,653 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 420 | 1:24,836 | 2,150 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Australia | - | 399 | 1:34,230 | 1,903 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90% | 398 | 1:20,483 | 2,046 |
| Afghanistan | 92% | 348 | 1:93,746 | 3,369 |
| Botswana | 100% | 343 | 1:6,369 | 1,023 |
| Poland | 83% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Bahrain | - | 266 | 1:5,070 | 791 |
| Congo | 100% | 257 | 1:19,491 | 2,043 |
| Cambodia | 58% | 239 | 1:68,089 | 3,617 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 235 | 1:71,924 | 4,262 |
| Syria | - | 231 | 1:83,576 | 1,803 |
| Ecuador | - | 229 | 1:77,410 | 2,181 |
| Gabon | - | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 194 | 1:158,693 | 3,996 |
| Mauritius | - | 183 | 1:7,092 | 1,021 |
| Pakistan | 79% | 178 | 1:1,091,897 | 18,609 |
| Algeria | - | 163 | 1:234,213 | 3,411 |
| Chile | 52% | 152 | 1:115,837 | 2,771 |
| Uganda | 98% | 152 | 1:269,453 | 8,181 |
| Bahamas | - | 123 | 1:3,247 | 604 |
| Brunei | - | 106 | 1:3,958 | 402 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Germany | 100% | 92 | 1:1,050,846 | 8,053 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 84 | 1:66,995 | 2,704 |
| Venezuela | 98% | 84 | 1:359,546 | 10,692 |
| Jamaica | - | 71 | 1:40,609 | 2,494 |
| New Zealand | - | 69 | 1:65,740 | 3,240 |
| Japan | - | 61 | 1:2,098,132 | 20,032 |
| Peru | 91% | 59 | 1:538,838 | 9,334 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Brazil | 99% | 53 | 1:4,042,192 | 67,840 |
| Iraq | 100% | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Mexico | 96% | 52 | 1:2,387,393 | 13,165 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 46 | 1:385,801 | 6,406 |
| France | 100% | 45 | 1:1,477,119 | 9,797 |
| Argentina | 70% | 44 | 1:972,119 | 5,142 |
| Qatar | 100% | 43 | 1:55,107 | 6,913 |
| Scotland | 99% | 42 | 1:127,390 | 2,729 |
| Tunisia | - | 41 | 1:16,510 | 1,336 |
| Estonia | - | 37 | 1:35,551 | 2,373 |
| Sweden | 84% | 37 | 1:266,430 | 8,432 |
| Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Ireland | 85% | 31 | 1:149,791 | 3,159 |
| Italy | 99% | 31 | 1:1,969,745 | 13,753 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 31 | 1:766,764 | 34,151 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 30 | 1:45,381 | 4,173 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 27 | 1:32,262 | 1,664 |
| Guyana | 100% | 26 | 1:29,356 | 3,209 |
| Panama | 100% | 26 | 1:150,252 | 6,399 |
| Belgium | 93% | 25 | 1:459,602 | 7,725 |
| Vietnam | - | 25 | 1:3,704,925 | 3,444 |
| Jordan | 95% | 22 | 1:401,217 | 3,496 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 21 | 1:340,571 | 16,465 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 19 | 1:107,368 | 9,037 |
| Namibia | - | 19 | 1:126,536 | 4,779 |
| Cameroon | 86% | 18 | 1:1,200,584 | 30,105 |
| Belarus | 100% | 17 | 1:557,787 | 3,467 |
| Benin | 100% | 17 | 1:622,108 | 18,975 |
| Colombia | 100% | 17 | 1:2,810,525 | 20,294 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Wales | 92% | 14 | 1:221,022 | 3,846 |
| Costa Rica | 70% | 13 | 1:366,765 | 6,353 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 12 | 1:803,579 | 13,150 |
| Nicaragua | 80% | 12 | 1:501,528 | 8,668 |
| Haiti | - | 11 | 1:975,178 | 14,386 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Finland | 72% | 10 | 1:548,318 | 6,147 |
| Honduras | 100% | 10 | 1:881,747 | 10,598 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 10 | 1:2,307,593 | 50,152 |
| Turkey | - | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Moldova | - | 9 | 1:395,682 | 2,704 |
| Nauru | 100% | 9 | 1:1,325 | 216 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Iran | - | 7 | 1:11,213,838 | 30,178 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Armenia | 100% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Spain | - | 6 | 1:7,754,994 | 17,266 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Barbados | - | 5 | 1:57,958 | 2,168 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Hungary | 100% | 5 | 1:1,958,354 | 4,174 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Angola | 100% | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Niger | - | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Czechia | 98% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
King (916,811) may also be a surname.
King Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: Chief.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
King Forename Popularity
King Demographics
King Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 42 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiong | 89 | 3,038 | / |
| Kieng | 89 | 1,232 | / |
| Kuing | 89 | 285 | / |
| Cking | 89 | 12 | / |
| Kingk | 89 | 8 | / |
| Kinng | 89 | 7 | / |
| Kingh | 89 | 7 | / |
| Kingp | 89 | 4 | / |
| Kking | 89 | 3 | / |
| Hking | 89 | 3 | / |
| Gking | 89 | 3 | / |
| Kingg | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kingc | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kng | 86 | 225 | / |
| Kingue | 80 | 189 | / |
| Kingke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ccking | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kingtt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kingsh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kinggt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ggking | 80 | 1 | / |
| Qing | 75 | 4,378,170 | / |
| Keng | 75 | 70,599 | / |
| Cing | 75 | 10,507 | / |
| Kyng | 75 | 1,121 | / |
| Kink | 75 | 105 | / |
| Khng | 75 | 103 | / |
| K'Ng | 75 | 66 | / |
| Kinq | 75 | 5 | / |
| Kinc | 75 | 5 | / |
| Knng | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kinx | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hkng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kncg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kngq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Küng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Geeking | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kckings | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kinggue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ching | 67 | 193,294 | / |
| Kyong | 67 | 8,122 | / |
| Keung | 67 | 2,021 | / |
| Koeng | 67 | 348 | / |
| Quing | 67 | 252 | / |
| Kueng | 67 | 200 | / |
| Keeng | 67 | 188 | / |
| Kaeng | 67 | 137 | / |
| Kinke | 67 | 128 | / |
| Kh'ng | 67 | 108 | / |
| Cuing | 67 | 46 | / |
| Cingh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kenng | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kuung | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kionk | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kengh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kkngh | 67 | 4 | / |
| K'Hng | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cinng | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kehng | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kimnk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kimgs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cihng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qings | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kesng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qqing | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kynng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kooiying | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ckeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kinqu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knkgp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knngk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kknyg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Këngë | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cijng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kengt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qinng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qingg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cingg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qingx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hcing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hkeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kengg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kisnk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qingz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qieng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kewinnyg | 67 | 1 | / |
King Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| King in the Russian language | ||
| Кинг | king | - |
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