Cam Forename

9,265th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 110,887 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Vietnam

Cam Forename Definition:

Camden places this among names derived from rivers. It is more probably abbreviated from Camillus.

Cam Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Vietnam
 
71%
58,9571:1,571210
India
72%
 
20,5011:59,2597,788
United States
 
55%
9,5311:38,0382,371
Canada
100%
7,8261:4,234691
Cambodia
68%
 
2,6571:6,125915
Australia-2,5351:5,388688
China-2,2421:609,30228,168
Singapore
100%
1,6171:3,888625
New Zealand-1,0171:4,460652
Hong Kong-1,0041:7,722678
Saudi Arabia-6411:48,0705,572
England
66%
 
3821:145,5574,821
Thailand
 
67%
2331:300,71217,000
Indonesia-2211:1,167,25669,380
France
95%
 
1671:398,0264,777
Uzbekistan
67%
 
1361:226,3715,030
Philippines
98%
 
1101:963,72326,555
United Arab Emirates-1021:70,1185,912
Malaysia
 
60%
1001:304,49915,501
Sweden
55%
 
861:114,6274,742
DR Congo
88%
 
551:1,342,32036,691
Portugal-551:189,2884,092
Netherlands
71%
 
501:338,0429,978
Mexico
85%
 
481:2,586,34213,729
Norway
95%
 
451:114,0523,524
Germany
74%
 
391:2,478,92013,163
Brazil-331:6,492,00593,070
Switzerland
75%
 
281:293,3395,808
Belgium
95%
 
251:459,6027,725
Scotland
73%
 
251:214,0153,700
Taiwan
100%
241:990,40338,270
Cameroon-211:1,029,07227,052
Dominican Republic-191:549,01414,985
South Africa
67%
 
191:2,870,13974,981
Luxembourg
78%
 
181:31,3361,560
Russia
86%
 
181:8,012,98432,991
Denmark-171:332,3236,094
Japan-171:7,528,59231,633
Peru
93%
 
171:1,870,08619,702
Italy
52%
 
151:4,070,80621,403
Austria
75%
 
121:709,5175,762
Wales
100%
121:257,8594,217
Zimbabwe
100%
121:1,285,31841,030
Spain-111:4,229,99714,986
Czechia
60%
 
101:1,065,6163,543
Israel
 
56%
101:840,29212,787
Fiji-91:99,1531,900
Myanmar-91:5,772,0301,432
Swaziland-91:144,4641,815
Congo
100%
81:626,15112,913
Uganda
100%
71:5,850,98949,331
Panama-61:651,09316,250
Finland
 
57%
51:1,096,6379,775
Romania-51:4,010,39528,162
Argentina
100%
41:10,693,31119,797
Botswana-41:546,11213,807
Egypt-41:22,975,23627,891
Jamaica-41:720,80713,486
Macau-41:152,052991
Poland
59%
 
41:9,506,7785,827
South Korea-41:1,386,10520,690
Tunisia-41:169,2267,289
Chile
100%
31:5,869,06926,159
Colombia-31:15,926,30951,235
Nigeria
100%
31:59,188,120318,216
Venezuela-31:10,067,298111,314
Costa Rica
100%
21:2,383,97418,662
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Greece
100%
21:5,467,27417,678
Guatemala-21:8,054,21410,362
Hungary-21:4,895,8864,852
Jordan-21:4,413,3878,826
Mauritius-21:648,8928,630
Pakistan
100%
21:97,178,840228,758
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-21:55,7904,636
Ireland
50%
 
11:4,643,51913,375
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Guinea-11:11,858,6477,978
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Kosovo-11:1,861,44022,170
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Kyrgyzstan
100%
11:5,973,27746,622
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Mauritania-11:4,095,23927,701
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Nepal
100%
11:28,487,352119,417
New Caledonia-11:270,1643,221
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Paraguay-11:7,236,80516,549
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Samoa-11:195,1901,348
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474

The alternate forms: Çam (47) & Ćam (1) are calculated separately.

Cam (78,231) may also be a surname.

Cam Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Camden places this among names derived from rivers. It is more probably abbreviated from Camillus.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Cam Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Çam8947/
Ćam891/
Cham8635,917/
Came862,170/
Ciam86907/
Caim86511/
Camn86150/
Camm86131/
Scam8656/
Hcam8639/
Caum8635/
Ceam8616/
Camt8615/
Caym8615/
Csam8614/
Caam869/
Casm869/
Cahm869/
Ccam868/
Tcam865/
Camh863/
Cgam863/
Camë863/
Catm862/
Czam862/
Camg862/
C'am861/
Cajm861/
Camd861/
Gcam861/
Ckam861/
Dcam861/
Cqam861/
Chaim759,238/
Casim757,495/
Casem753,533/
Chaum753,065/
Catem751,938/
Catim751,354/
Cheam75750/
Chame75466/
Chamm75464/
Camme75310/
Camng75217/
Chham75156/
Cacem75120/
Hcham75110/
Chaam7581/
Caime7555/
Tcham7533/
Cayme7528/
Casme7525/
Cacim7520/
Caham7511/
Camnd7510/
Chaym759/
Camkh757/
Camne757/
Cammm756/
Chaïm756/
Ciame754/
Caimm753/
Chsam753/
Scamm752/
Caíme752/
Chajm752/
Chamh752/
Catme752/
Chgam752/
Camqu752/
Ciamh752/
Caume751/
Caism751/
Cahum751/
Cammd751/
Camnt751/
Camgh751/
Casym751/
Dcamm751/
Dcham751/
Csham751/
Cssam751/
Scahm751/
Kcaam751/
Ciaam751/
Hcaym751/
Cajjm751/
Dcajm751/
Dcsam751/
Ckcam751/
Sam671,212,556/
Can67624,948/
Kam67115,468/
Jam6739,939/
Zam6722,176/
Cassim678,585/
Com671,099/
Tchame67185/
Qam67148/
Casiem67144/
Chamme67128/
Chaime6747/
Chaaim6725/
Chhame6723/
Caisem6723/
Chayme6719/
Cassem6717/
Caseem6717/
Chhaim6711/
Chhamm6711/
Caitim6710/
Hcasim6710/
Cathym677/
Chaume677/
Cassym675/
Chamhe674/
Causim674/
Casimc674/
Chsham673/
Chjame672/
Caasim672/
Cheame672/
Chaame672/
Caymme672/
Caimme672/
Caheem671/
Caheim671/
Cahiem671/
Caisme671/
Caitem671/
Caitym671/
Camque671/
Caszim671/
Casemg671/
Ciasme671/
Ch'ham671/
Cha'am671/
Chaamm671/
Chaimm671/
Ccaamg671/
Ccamtt671/
Caysem671/
Cattim671/
Cshaam671/
Cqasim671/
Tchgam671/
Tchaam671/
Hciahm671/
Ciamhe671/
Tcahmm671/

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