Pam Forename
2,929th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 355,793 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Pam Forename Definition:
The diminutive of Pamela.
Pam Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 85% | 264,364 | 1:1,371 | 295 |
| Canada | 100% | 31,813 | 1:1,042 | 235 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 15,196 | 1:11,685 | 1,456 |
| Australia | - | 12,812 | 1:1,066 | 222 |
| England | 100% | 11,708 | 1:4,749 | 529 |
| New Zealand | - | 6,590 | 1:688 | 157 |
| India | 69% | 2,714 | 1:447,634 | 37,220 |
| South Africa | 96% | 2,009 | 1:27,144 | 3,408 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,407 | 1:12,013 | 1,355 |
| Scotland | 100% | 645 | 1:8,295 | 637 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| Ghana | 100% | 506 | 1:53,332 | 2,793 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Wales | 100% | 423 | 1:7,315 | 705 |
| Burkina Faso | 57% | 363 | 1:50,632 | 3,421 |
| Philippines | 93% | 302 | 1:351,025 | 13,102 |
| Cambodia | 61% | 287 | 1:56,701 | 3,247 |
| Thailand | 80% | 265 | 1:264,399 | 15,701 |
| Egypt | 100% | 260 | 1:353,465 | 10,818 |
| France | 100% | 259 | 1:256,642 | 3,736 |
| Kenya | - | 195 | 1:237,472 | 9,047 |
| Indonesia | - | 182 | 1:1,417,383 | 79,930 |
| Ireland | 100% | 165 | 1:28,143 | 1,184 |
| Mexico | 100% | 151 | 1:822,149 | 7,317 |
| Malaysia | 58% | 116 | 1:262,499 | 13,964 |
| Germany | 100% | 101 | 1:957,207 | 7,645 |
| Portugal | - | 101 | 1:103,078 | 2,758 |
| Singapore | 100% | 85 | 1:73,965 | 7,043 |
| Pakistan | 64% | 83 | 1:2,341,659 | 30,113 |
| China | - | 80 | 1:17,075,697 | 60,154 |
| Brazil | 99% | 78 | 1:2,746,617 | 52,279 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| Japan | - | 62 | 1:2,064,291 | 19,902 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64% | 61 | 1:133,644 | 11,810 |
| Hong Kong | - | 58 | 1:133,668 | 2,996 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 55 | 1:1,342,320 | 36,691 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 45 | 1:40,959 | 1,159 |
| Spain | - | 43 | 1:1,082,092 | 9,010 |
| Belgium | 100% | 41 | 1:280,245 | 5,847 |
| Afghanistan | 94% | 40 | 1:815,588 | 11,016 |
| Taiwan | 74% | 39 | 1:609,479 | 30,796 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:320,862 | 717 |
| Cameroon | 63% | 35 | 1:617,443 | 18,753 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 29 | 1:46,945 | 4,279 |
| Russia | 100% | 28 | 1:5,151,204 | 24,860 |
| Switzerland | 91% | 27 | 1:304,204 | 5,947 |
| Zimbabwe | 90% | 27 | 1:571,252 | 24,615 |
| Bermuda | - | 26 | 1:2,493 | 518 |
| Jersey | - | 26 | 1:3,845 | 523 |
| Uganda | 67% | 26 | 1:1,575,266 | 22,772 |
| Denmark | - | 25 | 1:225,980 | 4,802 |
| Guernsey | - | 21 | 1:3,016 | 423 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Guyana | 100% | 17 | 1:44,898 | 4,357 |
| Italy | 100% | 17 | 1:3,591,888 | 20,165 |
| Sweden | 100% | 17 | 1:579,877 | 14,075 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Jamaica | - | 15 | 1:192,215 | 6,523 |
| Argentina | 100% | 14 | 1:3,055,232 | 9,516 |
| Bahamas | - | 13 | 1:30,721 | 1,189 |
| Nepal | 100% | 13 | 1:2,191,335 | 33,475 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 13 | 1:4,060,640 | 25,595 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Zambia | - | 11 | 1:1,441,345 | 17,789 |
| Georgia | - | 10 | 1:373,847 | 7,758 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Namibia | - | 9 | 1:267,131 | 5,329 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 9 | 1:794,666 | 24,808 |
| Greece | - | 8 | 1:1,366,818 | 10,115 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Chile | 100% | 7 | 1:2,515,315 | 15,652 |
| Norway | - | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| Romania | - | 7 | 1:2,864,568 | 25,615 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Bolivia | - | 6 | 1:1,766,901 | 4,084 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Honduras | - | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Peru | - | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Anguilla | - | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Paraguay | - | 4 | 1:1,809,201 | 8,869 |
| Poland | 98% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Guatemala | - | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 3 | 1:18,287 | 2,142 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Austria | - | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Hungary | 94% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Venezuela | - | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Finland | 100% | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Pâm (4) are calculated separately.
Pam (65,610) may also be a surname.
Pam Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The diminutive of Pamela.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Pam Forename Popularity
Pam Demographics
Average Pam Salary in
United States
$46,314 USD
Per year
Rank:
167,527 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.063393
Rank: 326 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
106.4%
Sample size: 112,835 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Pam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pam in the Russian language | ||
| Пам | pam | - |
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