Maxwell Forename
3,832nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 274,178 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana
Maxwell Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller by the] big spring.
Maxwell Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 100% | 67,030 | 1:403 | 81 |
| Malawi | 100% | 30,967 | 1:553 | 122 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 30,633 | 1:504 | 71 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 29,360 | 1:6,048 | 917 |
| Kenya | 100% | 20,360 | 1:2,274 | 421 |
| Zambia | - | 18,639 | 1:851 | 193 |
| Brazil | 100% | 14,759 | 1:14,516 | 1,473 |
| United States | 100% | 13,722 | 1:26,420 | 1,929 |
| South Africa | 100% | 13,403 | 1:4,069 | 772 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,918 | 1:1,441 | 297 |
| England | 100% | 4,393 | 1:12,657 | 935 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Uganda | 99% | 3,161 | 1:12,957 | 1,203 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,826 | 1:18,145 | 1,706 |
| Australia | - | 1,554 | 1:8,789 | 885 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 1,464 | 1:20,799 | 2,086 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,349 | 1:3,271 | 444 |
| Swaziland | - | 1,102 | 1:1,180 | 287 |
| Togo | - | 989 | 1:7,320 | 1,126 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 930 | 1:22,365 | 2,897 |
| Jamaica | - | 755 | 1:3,819 | 679 |
| Philippines | 99% | 628 | 1:168,805 | 7,921 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 593 | 1:36,443 | 2,638 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 557 | 1:14,636 | 1,468 |
| Scotland | 100% | 502 | 1:10,658 | 718 |
| Thailand | 100% | 372 | 1:188,349 | 12,726 |
| Bahamas | - | 360 | 1:1,109 | 282 |
| New Zealand | - | 342 | 1:13,263 | 1,245 |
| India | 100% | 333 | 1:3,648,282 | 155,361 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 292 | 1:180,782 | 7,875 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Botswana | 100% | 290 | 1:7,533 | 1,166 |
| Kuwait | - | 228 | 1:16,602 | 1,838 |
| Namibia | - | 220 | 1:10,928 | 1,290 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 217 | 1:8,494 | 716 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Poland | 67% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Guyana | 100% | 183 | 1:4,171 | 792 |
| Egypt | - | 174 | 1:528,166 | 14,341 |
| Wales | 100% | 174 | 1:17,783 | 1,054 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 171 | 1:3,397 | 495 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 161 | 1:64,790 | 3,973 |
| Peru | 97% | 139 | 1:228,715 | 5,641 |
| China | - | 132 | 1:10,348,907 | 59,670 |
| Nicaragua | 97% | 132 | 1:45,593 | 2,318 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 103 | 1:1,083 | 170 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 91 | 1:2,834,766 | 132,216 |
| Panama | 100% | 91 | 1:42,929 | 3,067 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 84 | 1:1,103 | 263 |
| Germany | 100% | 79 | 1:1,223,771 | 8,758 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 68 | 1:20,021 | 2,377 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 68 | 1:105,176 | 8,303 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 68 | 1:444,145 | 12,399 |
| Chile | 77% | 67 | 1:262,794 | 4,243 |
| Ireland | 96% | 64 | 1:72,555 | 2,060 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Spain | 100% | 45 | 1:1,033,999 | 8,832 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 44 | 1:384,138 | 10,738 |
| France | 100% | 42 | 1:1,582,627 | 10,245 |
| Mexico | 100% | 41 | 1:3,027,913 | 15,045 |
| Sweden | 100% | 41 | 1:240,437 | 7,877 |
| Costa Rica | 96% | 37 | 1:128,863 | 3,682 |
| Sudan | - | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:992 | 223 |
| Ecuador | - | 31 | 1:571,836 | 5,755 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Bermuda | - | 30 | 1:2,161 | 469 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 30 | 1:68,000 | 6,547 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 30 | 1:273,783 | 5,582 |
| Iceland | - | 29 | 1:12,621 | 1,042 |
| Russia | 100% | 28 | 1:5,151,204 | 24,860 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 26 | 1:2,110 | 475 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 25 | 1:4,390 | 749 |
| Belgium | 100% | 24 | 1:478,752 | 7,908 |
| Hong Kong | - | 24 | 1:323,030 | 3,752 |
| Belize | 100% | 23 | 1:15,405 | 1,953 |
| Colombia | 100% | 23 | 1:2,077,345 | 17,160 |
| Argentina | 56% | 22 | 1:1,944,238 | 7,405 |
| Czechia | 100% | 22 | 1:484,371 | 2,465 |
| Barbados | - | 20 | 1:14,489 | 1,291 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:3,065 | 627 |
| Israel | 100% | 20 | 1:420,146 | 9,028 |
| Benin | 100% | 19 | 1:556,623 | 17,687 |
| Jersey | - | 16 | 1:6,249 | 672 |
| Singapore | - | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Italy | 100% | 14 | 1:4,361,578 | 21,991 |
| Andorra | - | 13 | 1:6,376 | 500 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Norway | 100% | 12 | 1:427,694 | 8,125 |
| Japan | - | 11 | 1:11,635,096 | 36,893 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| Grenada | 100% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Denmark | - | 9 | 1:627,722 | 8,968 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 9 | 1:625,286 | 7,004 |
| Haiti | - | 8 | 1:1,340,869 | 18,166 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Uruguay | - | 8 | 1:428,455 | 5,529 |
| Finland | 83% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:10,417 | 1,527 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
Maxwell (185,669) may also be a surname.
Maxwell Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller by the] big spring.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 5 (2016)
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