Kingston Forename

85,344th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 6,036 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Grenada

Kingston Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller at the] royal residence.

Kingston Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi
100%
1,5441:11,0831,199
Zimbabwe
99%
 
1,2991:11,8741,527
Papua New Guinea
100%
5391:15,1251,513
United States
100%
4811:753,71517,364
Ghana
100%
4491:60,1033,023
Zambia-3631:43,6772,881
Nigeria
99%
 
3621:490,50915,532
India
100%
2081:5,840,759211,810
Liberia
100%
1891:23,3441,565
South Africa
100%
761:717,53530,512
Canada
100%
661:502,02113,216
Malaysia
100%
621:491,12821,602
Philippines
100%
531:2,000,17944,572
England
100%
381:1,463,23521,026
Singapore
100%
291:216,7958,671
Hong Kong-291:267,3353,524
DR Congo
100%
271:2,734,35659,996
Australia-251:546,3058,356
Brazil
100%
191:11,275,587133,736
Jamaica-181:160,1795,771
Thailand
100%
181:3,892,54581,378
Grenada
88%
 
141:7,7231,094
Kenya
84%
 
111:4,209,73724,377
China-101:136,605,57866,281
Sri Lanka-91:2,311,0107,931
Uganda
100%
91:4,550,76942,499
Russia
100%
91:16,025,96751,277
United Arab Emirates-61:1,191,99940,353
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Micronesia-51:21,300626
Peru
100%
41:7,947,86448,688
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Haiti-31:3,575,65130,510
Mexico
100%
31:41,381,47674,307
Namibia-31:801,39311,859
Taiwan
100%
31:7,923,22799,341
New Zealand-31:1,512,01511,267
Venezuela
100%
21:15,100,946147,145
Pakistan-21:97,178,840228,758
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Ireland
100%
21:2,321,7608,894
Cameroon-21:10,805,25286,897
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
Georgia-21:1,869,23320,119
Switzerland
100%
11:8,213,49636,387
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Botswana
100%
11:2,184,44921,741
Central African Republic-11:4,515,3901,073
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Italy
57%
 
11:61,062,09083,289
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Niger-11:19,183,99477,442
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800

Kingston (29,139) may also be a surname.

Kingston Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller at the] royal residence.

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

Kingston Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kingstone949,176/
Kinngston944/
Kingsthon941/
Kingueston891/
Kingstan8852/
Kyngston8810/
Kingstun882/
Kinkston881/
Kingsttan823/
Kinquiston781/
Kinkstan753/
Kimgsttan711/

Kingston Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kingston in the Russian language
Кингстонkingston-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kingston