Ram Forename
58th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 5,743,068 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India
Ram Forename Definition:
Ram, high, casting away. 1. The son of Hezron, and father of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. 1 Chron. ii. 9. 2. Ram is also put for Aram. Job xxxii. 2.
Ram Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 92% | 5,648,344 | 1:215 | 1 |
| United States | 100% | 10,006 | 1:36,232 | 2,313 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 8,065 | 1:19,772 | 2,250 |
| Pakistan | 68% | 7,455 | 1:26,071 | 1,892 |
| Cambodia | 66% | 7,136 | 1:2,280 | 469 |
| Myanmar | - | 6,825 | 1:7,611 | 286 |
| Burkina Faso | 58% | 4,849 | 1:3,790 | 514 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,935 | 1:5,286 | 895 |
| Israel | 100% | 2,791 | 1:3,011 | 579 |
| England | 100% | 2,754 | 1:20,190 | 1,280 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| Oman | - | 2,342 | 1:1,754 | 271 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,269 | 1:14,603 | 1,487 |
| Indonesia | 57% | 2,228 | 1:115,783 | 12,684 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,997 | 1:650 | 66 |
| Egypt | 86% | 1,974 | 1:46,556 | 2,721 |
| Bhutan | 88% | 1,899 | 1:434 | 74 |
| Nepal | 50% | 1,882 | 1:15,137 | 1,541 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 1,820 | 1:16,731 | 1,720 |
| Poland | 95% | 1,791 | 1:21,232 | 747 |
| Philippines | 98% | 1,741 | 1:60,890 | 4,124 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,688 | 1:41,508 | 4,718 |
| Vietnam | 84% | 1,477 | 1:62,710 | 796 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,271 | 1:76,759 | 6,049 |
| Afghanistan | 74% | 1,201 | 1:27,164 | 1,768 |
| Ghana | - | 955 | 1:28,258 | 1,855 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Australia | - | 757 | 1:18,042 | 1,330 |
| Bahrain | - | 681 | 1:1,980 | 327 |
| Iraq | 100% | 652 | 1:53,708 | 1,803 |
| Fiji | - | 633 | 1:1,410 | 371 |
| Syria | - | 562 | 1:34,352 | 1,413 |
| Kuwait | - | 494 | 1:7,662 | 940 |
| Morocco | 100% | 491 | 1:69,956 | 2,597 |
| Russia | 96% | 401 | 1:359,685 | 4,423 |
| Singapore | 100% | 397 | 1:15,836 | 3,390 |
| New Zealand | - | 348 | 1:13,035 | 1,230 |
| Netherlands | 96% | 310 | 1:54,523 | 3,611 |
| Iran | 100% | 303 | 1:259,066 | 4,211 |
| Albania | 100% | 275 | 1:11,078 | 1,699 |
| Germany | 92% | 255 | 1:379,129 | 4,478 |
| Guyana | 100% | 242 | 1:3,154 | 618 |
| South Africa | 96% | 219 | 1:249,008 | 14,984 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 213 | 1:144,537 | 3,727 |
| Greece | 100% | 191 | 1:57,249 | 1,909 |
| Uganda | 98% | 191 | 1:214,434 | 7,193 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 168 | 1:8,104 | 1,261 |
| Suriname | 100% | 148 | 1:3,735 | 834 |
| Kosovo | - | 140 | 1:13,296 | 1,792 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 138 | 1:51,826 | 4,621 |
| Papua New Guinea | 62% | 134 | 1:60,838 | 5,863 |
| Sweden | 95% | 103 | 1:95,708 | 4,171 |
| Mexico | 100% | 98 | 1:1,266,780 | 9,228 |
| Congo | 100% | 87 | 1:57,577 | 4,195 |
| Spain | 100% | 87 | 1:534,827 | 6,567 |
| Cuba | - | 84 | 1:136,983 | 2,351 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| France | 53% | 76 | 1:874,610 | 7,289 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 75 | 1:984,368 | 29,064 |
| Azerbaijan | 98% | 74 | 1:130,310 | 5,129 |
| China | - | 62 | 1:22,033,158 | 60,501 |
| Hong Kong | - | 62 | 1:125,044 | 2,948 |
| Japan | - | 61 | 1:2,098,132 | 20,032 |
| Austria | 100% | 59 | 1:144,308 | 2,550 |
| Nigeria | 73% | 59 | 1:3,009,565 | 52,351 |
| Norway | 100% | 59 | 1:86,989 | 2,968 |
| Qatar | 100% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Belgium | 100% | 54 | 1:212,779 | 5,056 |
| Denmark | - | 54 | 1:104,620 | 2,976 |
| Switzerland | 97% | 53 | 1:154,972 | 4,028 |
| Seychelles | - | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Libya | - | 49 | 1:126,965 | 743 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| Scotland | 100% | 49 | 1:109,191 | 2,512 |
| Brazil | 100% | 48 | 1:4,463,253 | 72,448 |
| Liberia | 100% | 39 | 1:113,130 | 4,730 |
| Wales | 100% | 39 | 1:79,341 | 2,199 |
| Botswana | - | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Sudan | - | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 33 | 1:537,783 | 7,660 |
| South Korea | - | 31 | 1:178,852 | 7,173 |
| Barbados | - | 30 | 1:9,660 | 1,049 |
| Finland | 88% | 29 | 1:189,075 | 3,312 |
| Italy | 62% | 29 | 1:2,105,589 | 14,372 |
| Ukraine | 95% | 29 | 1:1,568,962 | 4,383 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 25 | 1:417,251 | 13,014 |
| Kenya | - | 24 | 1:1,929,463 | 20,270 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 24 | 1:2,199,513 | 22,190 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 21 | 1:1,438,185 | 27,865 |
| Georgia | 100% | 19 | 1:196,761 | 5,396 |
| Zimbabwe | 83% | 19 | 1:811,780 | 30,897 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Tunisia | - | 18 | 1:37,606 | 2,164 |
| Chile | 86% | 17 | 1:1,035,718 | 9,287 |
| Senegal | 86% | 17 | 1:857,727 | 8,623 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Panama | 100% | 16 | 1:244,160 | 8,726 |
| Jordan | 50% | 14 | 1:630,484 | 4,306 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Palestine | 63% | 13 | 1:350,004 | 2,835 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Belarus | 67% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 9 | 1:62,672 | 2,160 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 9 | 1:273,195 | 4,351 |
| Zambia | - | 9 | 1:1,761,644 | 19,373 |
| Maldives | - | 8 | 1:54,238 | 1,689 |
| Moldova | 100% | 8 | 1:445,142 | 2,889 |
| Niger | 100% | 8 | 1:2,397,999 | 27,433 |
| Peru | 100% | 8 | 1:3,973,932 | 31,495 |
| Argentina | 67% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 7 | 1:803,939 | 7,854 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Armenia | 83% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| Haiti | - | 6 | 1:1,787,826 | 19,076 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Czechia | 75% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Jamaica | - | 5 | 1:576,645 | 13,293 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:10,417 | 1,527 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 3 | 1:20,433 | 1,694 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Marshall Islands | 67% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Paraguay | - | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Grenada | - | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Rám (1) are calculated separately.
Ram (7,316,976) may also be a surname.
Ram Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ram, high, casting away. 1. The son of Hezron, and father of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. 1 Chron. ii. 9. 2. Ram is also put for Aram. Job xxxii. 2.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: high.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Ram Forename Popularity
Ram Demographics
Average Ram Salary in
United States
$58,787 USD
Per year
Rank:
66,156 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00231694
Rank: 2,494 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
135.05%
Sample size: 3,249 (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
Ram Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ram in the Russian language | ||
| Рам | ram | - |
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