Kwame Forename

6,047th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 173,773 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Kwame Forename User-submission:

A Ghanaian (Akan language) name, meaning 'boy born on a Saturday'.

Kwame Forename Distribution

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana
99%
 
160,8031:16823
United States
100%
4,7211:76,7923,737
Togo-2,0601:3,514580
England
65%
 
1,7961:30,9591,724
Malawi
100%
8671:19,7371,782
Egypt-3901:235,6438,182
Nigeria
100%
3191:556,62816,916
Canada
100%
3041:108,9915,354
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
2531:5,381920
Tanzania
100%
1891:279,30310,093
Guyana
100%
1881:4,060774
Kenya-1651:280,64910,048
South Africa
100%
1411:386,75620,102
Ivory Coast
100%
1271:181,7009,273
Germany
100%
1261:767,2856,733
Swaziland-1031:12,6231,554
Liberia
93%
 
1001:44,1212,440
Spain
100%
791:588,9876,881
Netherlands
100%
761:222,3967,994
Jamaica-701:41,1892,512
Benin
100%
571:185,5419,057
Zambia-571:278,1548,405
Sudan
100%
491:771,5712,562
Belgium
100%
401:287,2515,932
France
100%
401:1,661,75810,530
Kuwait-381:99,6126,886
Angola
100%
361:749,0722,190
Brazil
100%
351:6,121,03389,466
Botswana
100%
321:68,2646,262
Sweden
100%
321:308,0609,282
United Arab Emirates-301:238,40014,853
Scotland
100%
291:184,4953,374
Italy
100%
271:2,261,55915,068
Barbados-261:11,1461,138
Denmark-251:225,9804,802
Grenada
93%
 
241:4,505764
Antigua and Barbuda-201:4,970915
Burkina Faso
100%
191:967,34027,076
Switzerland
100%
171:483,1477,811
Sierra Leone-161:443,041536
Uganda
100%
141:2,925,49432,970
Australia-131:1,050,58612,238
Iceland-131:28,1551,788
China-111:124,186,88965,712
Norway
100%
111:466,5758,612
Austria
100%
101:851,4206,482
Saint Lucia
100%
101:17,7821,938
United States Virgin Islands-91:12,1941,546
Japan-81:15,998,25741,670
Turks and Caicos Islands-81:4,338950
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
71:15,9402,043
Bahamas-61:66,5621,346
Belize
100%
61:59,0524,175
Finland
100%
61:913,8648,662
Saint Kitts and Nevis-61:9,1441,176
Lesotho
100%
51:407,99922,262
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Russia
100%
51:28,846,74173,146
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
51:38,3992,673
Thailand
100%
51:14,013,163173,193
Bermuda-41:16,2061,525
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
Gabon-41:470,8342,822
Portugal-41:2,602,7168,189
Wales
100%
41:773,5778,486
Zimbabwe
100%
41:3,855,95474,439
Costa Rica
67%
 
31:1,589,31614,648
Georgia-31:1,246,15515,822
India-31:404,959,3243,244,417
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
Ukraine-31:15,166,63617,541
Czechia
100%
21:5,328,0818,108
Guinea-21:5,929,3246,648
Mauritania-21:2,047,62019,390
Namibia-21:1,202,09012,702
Pakistan-21:97,178,840228,758
Peru
100%
21:15,895,72774,652
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Romania-21:10,025,98847,037
Senegal-21:7,290,67824,413
Serbia-21:3,572,8608,125
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Cape Verde
100%
11:529,1516,361
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
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The alternate forms: Kwamé (15) are calculated separately.

Kwame (55,278) may also be a surname.

Kwame Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Ghanaian (Akan language) name, meaning 'boy born on a Saturday'.

- dr_ama_queen

A Ghanaian (Akan language) name, meaning 'boy born on a Saturday'.

- dr_ama_queen
DNA test information

Kwame Forename Popularity

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Kwame Demographics

Average Male Kwame Height

176.79 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 249 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Phonetically Similar Names

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Kwamme9111/
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Kwaame914/
Kwuame914/
Kwahme913/
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Kwamhe913/
Kwayme912/
Kkwame911/
Hkwame911/
K'wame911/
Kwhame911/
Kweame911/
Kwamei911/
Kwamet911/
Kwam89186/
Kwayame832/
Kweyame831/
Kwaymer831/
Kwaimeh831/
Kwameah831/
Kwammie831/
Kwamoei831/
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Qwame80244/
Kwama80153/
Gwame80102/
Kwamy8067/
Kuame8054/
Kweme8011/
Kwome805/
Khwam804/
Kwime803/
Kwham802/
Kwuam802/
Kwaum801/
Kweam801/
Kwaim801/
Kwamt801/
Kwayameu771/
Kwaimmie771/
Kwemei7379/
Kwaimi7328/
Kwamma7322/
Kwamha7321/
Kwaima7313/
Gwaume738/
Kwamai736/
Kwhama734/
Kwuami734/
Gwamje733/
Kwammy733/
Kuamey732/
Kwamay732/
Kwammi732/
Khwami732/
Ghwame731/
Gwaime731/
Gwamge731/
Gwamme731/
Cwaeme731/
Khwamé731/
Kwuome731/
Kwemea731/
Kwemeh731/
Kwemme731/
Kuam67213/
Gwajime6766/
Kwayama6757/
Kwom6748/
Gwam6724/
Kwayimi6717/
Kwajima6712/
Qwam6710/
Kwaimui676/
Gwajume675/
Kweemei675/
Kweimei674/
Khwaeem674/
Kuiyame673/
Wkwm672/
Gwameer671/
Gwamheu671/
Gwammje671/
Gweamee671/
Qwammie671/
Kuahmed671/
Kuammie671/
Kwuomee671/
Kweyama671/
Kwoumeh671/
Kwuheme671/
Kwayami671/
Kwemmeh671/
Kwaimai671/
Ngwameh671/
Kwamgai671/
Kawoama671/
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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
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  • 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 Kwame