Sam Forename
667th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,212,556 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cambodia
Sam Forename Definition:
SAMMY or SAMMIE. Familiar forms of Samuel.
Sam Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 286,777 | 1:1,264 | 277 |
| Cambodia | 52% | 163,684 | 1:99 | 3 |
| Uganda | 100% | 133,034 | 1:308 | 60 |
| England | 83% | 71,394 | 1:779 | 177 |
| Australia | - | 40,317 | 1:339 | 63 |
| India | 63% | 38,777 | 1:31,330 | 4,352 |
| Canada | 100% | 35,108 | 1:944 | 210 |
| Ghana | 87% | 34,554 | 1:781 | 179 |
| Rwanda | - | 25,863 | 1:440 | 85 |
| South Africa | 99% | 20,532 | 1:2,656 | 459 |
| Egypt | 75% | 20,062 | 1:4,581 | 532 |
| Vietnam | 50% | 19,500 | 1:4,750 | 314 |
| Sudan | 100% | 19,435 | 1:1,945 | 365 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 19,360 | 1:9,172 | 1,227 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 19,127 | 1:371 | 90 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 17,026 | 1:1,222 | 225 |
| Liberia | 99% | 15,670 | 1:282 | 50 |
| Malaysia | 54% | 14,157 | 1:2,151 | 198 |
| Indonesia | 54% | 13,189 | 1:19,559 | 2,752 |
| New Zealand | - | 11,753 | 1:386 | 73 |
| Bangladesh | 50% | 11,272 | 1:14,147 | 1,737 |
| Libya | - | 8,814 | 1:706 | 128 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 8,009 | 1:1,018 | 114 |
| Malawi | 100% | 7,699 | 1:2,223 | 423 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,558 | 1:3,126 | 704 |
| Yemen | - | 7,321 | 1:3,592 | 424 |
| Kenya | 100% | 6,901 | 1:6,710 | 966 |
| Togo | - | 6,840 | 1:1,058 | 144 |
| Zambia | - | 5,971 | 1:2,655 | 454 |
| Netherlands | 80% | 5,837 | 1:2,896 | 531 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 5,780 | 1:16,879 | 2,281 |
| Morocco | 100% | 5,650 | 1:6,079 | 596 |
| Thailand | 88% | 5,523 | 1:12,686 | 1,956 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 5,380 | 1:2,867 | 515 |
| Iran | 100% | 4,997 | 1:15,709 | 1,005 |
| China | - | 4,976 | 1:274,529 | 19,896 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 4,191 | 1:17,616 | 1,513 |
| Philippines | 91% | 3,391 | 1:31,262 | 2,725 |
| Gambia | - | 3,229 | 1:597 | 139 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 3,051 | 1:3,786 | 490 |
| France | 92% | 3,049 | 1:21,801 | 959 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,798 | 1:11,012 | 1,554 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,621 | 1:4,384 | 707 |
| Bahrain | - | 2,604 | 1:518 | 76 |
| Sweden | 98% | 2,604 | 1:3,786 | 476 |
| Oman | 100% | 2,442 | 1:1,683 | 266 |
| Scotland | 85% | 2,366 | 1:2,261 | 315 |
| Poland | 92% | 2,168 | 1:17,540 | 665 |
| Namibia | - | 2,094 | 1:1,148 | 239 |
| Fiji | - | 2,043 | 1:437 | 47 |
| Israel | 92% | 2,017 | 1:4,166 | 741 |
| Wales | 87% | 1,958 | 1:1,580 | 324 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,868 | 1:4,150 | 314 |
| Russia | 94% | 1,851 | 1:77,922 | 1,607 |
| Algeria | 100% | 1,730 | 1:22,067 | 1,236 |
| Pakistan | 85% | 1,594 | 1:121,931 | 5,008 |
| Singapore | 81% | 1,567 | 1:4,012 | 636 |
| Chad | 60% | 1,298 | 1:10,476 | 1,671 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,253 | 1:3,706 | 424 |
| Syria | - | 1,251 | 1:15,433 | 981 |
| Germany | 81% | 1,249 | 1:77,404 | 1,815 |
| Iraq | 100% | 1,246 | 1:28,104 | 1,330 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,060 | 1:247 | 37 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,043 | 1:557 | 111 |
| Japan | - | 1,015 | 1:126,095 | 5,159 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,002 | 1:1,880 | 439 |
| Mali | 100% | 939 | 1:18,081 | 1,331 |
| Samoa | - | 822 | 1:237 | 41 |
| Northern Ireland | 65% | 791 | 1:2,330 | 362 |
| Brazil | 100% | 730 | 1:293,474 | 11,470 |
| South Korea | - | 703 | 1:7,887 | 1,119 |
| Qatar | 100% | 672 | 1:3,526 | 536 |
| Tanzania | 98% | 653 | 1:80,840 | 4,909 |
| Congo | 100% | 650 | 1:7,706 | 1,049 |
| Tonga | - | 642 | 1:167 | 40 |
| Botswana | 100% | 628 | 1:3,478 | 615 |
| Comoros | - | 627 | 1:1,214 | 222 |
| Spain | 100% | 583 | 1:79,811 | 2,589 |
| Haiti | 100% | 546 | 1:19,646 | 1,651 |
| Uzbekistan | 90% | 543 | 1:56,697 | 2,015 |
| Swaziland | - | 538 | 1:2,417 | 531 |
| Ivory Coast | 91% | 522 | 1:44,207 | 3,374 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 517 | 1:45,976 | 7,070 |
| Switzerland | 80% | 501 | 1:16,394 | 1,275 |
| Senegal | 100% | 480 | 1:30,378 | 1,542 |
| Mexico | 98% | 479 | 1:259,174 | 4,092 |
| Brunei | - | 461 | 1:910 | 85 |
| Suriname | 100% | 461 | 1:1,199 | 244 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 438 | 1:16,329 | 1,711 |
| Djibouti | - | 391 | 1:2,342 | 340 |
| Denmark | - | 381 | 1:14,828 | 1,036 |
| Finland | 100% | 360 | 1:15,231 | 975 |
| Malta | - | 358 | 1:1,199 | 254 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 354 | 1:15,897 | 1,360 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 324 | 1:25,849 | 1,663 |
| Italy | 70% | 314 | 1:194,465 | 2,816 |
| Kazakhstan | 89% | 288 | 1:61,621 | 2,298 |
| Norway | 100% | 273 | 1:18,800 | 1,163 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 268 | 1:80,636 | 4,519 |
| Armenia | 99% | 263 | 1:11,098 | 910 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 241 | 1:43,283 | 3,058 |
| Guinea | 100% | 237 | 1:50,036 | 1,633 |
| Burkina Faso | 84% | 223 | 1:82,419 | 4,810 |
| Jordan | 95% | 223 | 1:39,582 | 1,418 |
| Benin | 100% | 217 | 1:48,737 | 3,874 |
| Greece | 100% | 205 | 1:53,339 | 1,821 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 188 | 1:337 | 85 |
| Niger | 76% | 185 | 1:103,697 | 3,833 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 181 | 1:3,740 | 575 |
| Afghanistan | 58% | 177 | 1:184,314 | 4,887 |
| Kuwait | - | 171 | 1:22,136 | 2,344 |
| Belarus | 91% | 117 | 1:81,046 | 879 |
| Mauritius | - | 116 | 1:11,188 | 1,381 |
| American Samoa | - | 112 | 1:499 | 32 |
| Guam | - | 112 | 1:1,434 | 319 |
| Czechia | 86% | 103 | 1:103,458 | 1,169 |
| Jersey | - | 95 | 1:1,052 | 228 |
| Peru | 98% | 93 | 1:341,844 | 7,111 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 90 | 1:15,127 | 1,982 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 89 | 1:22,921 | 2,824 |
| Bhutan | 62% | 88 | 1:9,374 | 581 |
| Chile | 74% | 86 | 1:204,735 | 3,736 |
| Bahamas | - | 85 | 1:4,698 | 772 |
| Macau | - | 81 | 1:7,509 | 263 |
| Ecuador | - | 70 | 1:253,242 | 3,865 |
| Gibraltar | - | 68 | 1:502 | 109 |
| Argentina | 69% | 67 | 1:638,407 | 4,169 |
| Iceland | - | 67 | 1:5,463 | 631 |
| Nepal | 63% | 65 | 1:438,267 | 13,556 |
| Mongolia | - | 61 | 1:48,112 | 4,064 |
| Seychelles | - | 58 | 1:1,598 | 376 |
| Estonia | 100% | 57 | 1:23,077 | 1,849 |
| Marshall Islands | 95% | 57 | 1:899 | 91 |
| Turkey | 88% | 54 | 1:1,440,772 | 12,019 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 53 | 1:569,847 | 14,640 |
| Guatemala | - | 52 | 1:309,777 | 3,618 |
| Micronesia | - | 52 | 1:2,048 | 323 |
| Austria | 100% | 50 | 1:170,284 | 2,763 |
| Palestine | 80% | 48 | 1:94,793 | 1,835 |
| Panama | 100% | 47 | 1:83,118 | 4,424 |
| French Polynesia | - | 43 | 1:6,463 | 978 |
| Jamaica | - | 43 | 1:67,052 | 3,397 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 43 | 1:6,283 | 793 |
| Ukraine | 69% | 40 | 1:1,137,498 | 3,606 |
| Barbados | - | 38 | 1:7,626 | 930 |
| Moldova | - | 38 | 1:93,714 | 1,210 |
| Azerbaijan | 93% | 37 | 1:260,620 | 7,331 |
| Luxembourg | - | 36 | 1:15,668 | 1,076 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 36 | 1:167,176 | 4,628 |
| Guyana | 100% | 35 | 1:21,807 | 2,607 |
| Bermuda | - | 34 | 1:1,907 | 425 |
| Romania | 100% | 31 | 1:646,838 | 17,865 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 97% | 29 | 1:205,975 | 9,814 |
| Cyprus | - | 28 | 1:31,110 | 1,628 |
| Turkmenistan | 75% | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Honduras | 100% | 25 | 1:352,699 | 6,316 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| Myanmar | - | 23 | 1:2,258,621 | 1,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 23 | 1:4,772 | 795 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Latvia | 100% | 21 | 1:95,983 | 1,858 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 18 | 1:26,424 | 549 |
| Colombia | - | 17 | 1:2,810,525 | 20,294 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:1,135 | 187 |
| East Timor | - | 16 | 1:76,148 | 197 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 16 | 1:297,061 | 236 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:3,070 | 569 |
| Isle of Man | 83% | 16 | 1:5,314 | 180 |
| Bolivia | - | 15 | 1:706,760 | 3,031 |
| Georgia | 100% | 15 | 1:249,231 | 6,179 |
| Cape Verde | - | 14 | 1:37,796 | 2,029 |
| Monaco | - | 14 | 1:2,748 | 527 |
| Croatia | 100% | 13 | 1:324,390 | 4,474 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 13 | 1:179 | 19 |
| Belize | 100% | 12 | 1:29,526 | 2,824 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 11 | 1:322,755 | 3,178 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 10 | 1:31,813 | 1,903 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 10 | 1:17,782 | 1,938 |
| Angola | 100% | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Anguilla | - | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 8 | 1:440,557 | 4,640 |
| Costa Rica | 88% | 8 | 1:595,994 | 8,229 |
| Hungary | 96% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 8 | 1:511,905 | 10,283 |
| Andorra | - | 7 | 1:11,841 | 704 |
| Serbia | - | 7 | 1:1,020,817 | 6,233 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 6 | 1:10,216 | 1,399 |
| Paraguay | 67% | 6 | 1:1,206,134 | 7,440 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Şam (24), Sàm (2), Sám (2) & Sãm (1) are calculated separately.
Sam (512,743) may also be a surname.
Sam Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
SAMMY or SAMMIE. Familiar forms of Samuel.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Sam Forename Popularity
Sam Demographics
Sam Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 47,076 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Sam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sam in the Russian language | ||
| Сам | sam | - |
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