Maxim Forename
1,824th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 545,726 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus
Maxim Forename Definition:
A Latin name, meaning: A premise serving as a rule or guide.
Maxim Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 100% | 389,770 | 1:370 | 83 |
| Belarus | 99% | 62,545 | 1:152 | 48 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 41,406 | 1:429 | 96 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9,529 | 1:3,231 | 637 |
| Moldova | 100% | 6,009 | 1:593 | 120 |
| United States | 100% | 3,031 | 1:119,610 | 5,024 |
| Tajikistan | 86% | 2,897 | 1:2,891 | 502 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 2,779 | 1:1,969 | 351 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 2,768 | 1:172 | 49 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,409 | 1:40,132 | 1,307 |
| Czechia | 99% | 1,826 | 1:5,836 | 360 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,671 | 1:19,828 | 1,803 |
| Poland | 96% | 1,319 | 1:28,830 | 928 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,314 | 1:35,411 | 1,674 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,195 | 1:9,615 | 1,051 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,099 | 1:15,380 | 1,626 |
| Romania | 100% | 914 | 1:21,939 | 1,524 |
| Thailand | 100% | 839 | 1:83,511 | 7,495 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 808 | 1:91,371 | 5,018 |
| England | 100% | 722 | 1:77,012 | 3,160 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Egypt | 100% | 607 | 1:151,402 | 6,063 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 569 | 1:10,498 | 1,531 |
| Guinea | - | 521 | 1:22,761 | 1,093 |
| France | 100% | 500 | 1:132,941 | 2,581 |
| Yemen | - | 474 | 1:55,478 | 1,240 |
| Estonia | 100% | 465 | 1:2,829 | 532 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Uganda | 94% | 409 | 1:100,139 | 4,567 |
| Latvia | - | 342 | 1:5,894 | 528 |
| Ukraine | - | 342 | 1:133,041 | 1,007 |
| India | 100% | 281 | 1:4,323,409 | 173,801 |
| Cameroon | 87% | 257 | 1:84,088 | 4,656 |
| Azerbaijan | 98% | 241 | 1:40,012 | 2,732 |
| Finland | 100% | 229 | 1:23,944 | 1,220 |
| Sweden | 99% | 216 | 1:45,638 | 2,466 |
| Lebanon | 91% | 175 | 1:32,158 | 1,936 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 173 | 1:60,296 | 3,762 |
| Zambia | - | 158 | 1:100,347 | 4,759 |
| Philippines | 89% | 155 | 1:683,932 | 20,812 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 147 | 1:125,030 | 6,369 |
| New Zealand | - | 147 | 1:30,857 | 2,021 |
| South Africa | 97% | 141 | 1:386,756 | 20,102 |
| Armenia | 98% | 138 | 1:21,150 | 1,217 |
| Greece | 100% | 138 | 1:79,236 | 2,349 |
| Italy | 97% | 132 | 1:462,592 | 5,065 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 132 | 1:62,223 | 2,449 |
| Portugal | - | 129 | 1:80,704 | 2,343 |
| Liberia | 100% | 124 | 1:35,581 | 2,084 |
| Algeria | - | 122 | 1:312,924 | 3,842 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 106 | 1:67,472 | 5,833 |
| Australia | - | 105 | 1:130,073 | 4,214 |
| Benin | 100% | 104 | 1:101,691 | 6,254 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 102 | 1:226,235 | 10,886 |
| Israel | - | 85 | 1:98,858 | 4,328 |
| Brazil | 100% | 83 | 1:2,581,158 | 50,123 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| China | - | 75 | 1:18,214,077 | 60,242 |
| Norway | 100% | 67 | 1:76,602 | 2,741 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 66 | 1:44,725 | 1,087 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 66 | 1:2,690,369 | 48,718 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 64 | 1:38,418 | 1,810 |
| Austria | 100% | 63 | 1:135,146 | 2,455 |
| Jordan | 100% | 51 | 1:173,074 | 2,520 |
| Hungary | 100% | 48 | 1:203,995 | 1,075 |
| Georgia | 96% | 47 | 1:79,542 | 3,191 |
| Haiti | - | 46 | 1:233,195 | 10,010 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 45 | 1:5,409 | 600 |
| Denmark | - | 37 | 1:152,689 | 3,777 |
| Bulgaria | - | 35 | 1:199,725 | 5,024 |
| Mexico | 76% | 35 | 1:3,546,984 | 16,455 |
| Jamaica | - | 34 | 1:84,801 | 3,886 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 34 | 1:895,586 | 32,752 |
| Scotland | 100% | 32 | 1:167,199 | 3,173 |
| Ireland | 100% | 30 | 1:154,784 | 3,255 |
| Syria | - | 30 | 1:643,536 | 2,939 |
| Chile | 88% | 27 | 1:652,119 | 7,084 |
| Senegal | 100% | 26 | 1:560,821 | 6,877 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 25 | 1:616,953 | 25,845 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Qatar | 100% | 23 | 1:103,026 | 12,248 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 23 | 1:230,872 | 1,448 |
| Singapore | 100% | 22 | 1:285,775 | 9,352 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 21 | 1:1,438,185 | 27,865 |
| Guyana | 100% | 19 | 1:40,172 | 4,023 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 19 | 1:13,577,035 | 391,716 |
| Japan | - | 19 | 1:6,736,108 | 30,453 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 19 | 1:1,251,036 | 42,396 |
| Hong Kong | - | 17 | 1:456,043 | 4,226 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 17 | 1:33,179 | 1,596 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Turkey | 100% | 16 | 1:4,862,607 | 22,291 |
| Wales | 100% | 15 | 1:206,287 | 3,673 |
| Ecuador | - | 14 | 1:1,266,208 | 8,855 |
| Palestine | 100% | 14 | 1:325,004 | 2,773 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 13 | 1:104,725 | 7,155 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 12 | 1:14,818 | 1,739 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 11 | 1:79,189 | 2,418 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 9 | 1:6,096 | 1,002 |
| Vietnam | - | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 8 | 1:79,322 | 2,544 |
| Serbia | - | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Iran | - | 5 | 1:15,699,374 | 37,124 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Peru | 75% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Uruguay | - | 5 | 1:685,527 | 7,487 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Kenya | - | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 1 | 1:53,551 | 905 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
The alternate forms: Màxim (12) & Máxim (2) are calculated separately.
Maxim (21,854) may also be a surname.
Maxim Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: A premise serving as a rule or guide.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Maxim Forename Popularity
Maxim Demographics
Average Male Maxim Height
176.48 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 256 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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