Sham Forename
4,036th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 260,573 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago
Sham Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 223,632 | 1:5,432 | 635 |
| Iran | 85% | 7,775 | 1:10,096 | 782 |
| Pakistan | 53% | 5,529 | 1:35,152 | 2,284 |
| Malaysia | 62% | 3,479 | 1:8,752 | 1,010 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,790 | 1:7,455 | 1,183 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,681 | 1:11,493 | 1,646 |
| Bangladesh | 54% | 2,383 | 1:66,916 | 5,219 |
| Egypt | 75% | 1,865 | 1:49,277 | 2,831 |
| Afghanistan | 51% | 1,754 | 1:18,599 | 1,456 |
| Syria | - | 1,406 | 1:13,731 | 930 |
| United States | 88% | 1,244 | 1:291,428 | 9,179 |
| England | 97% | 565 | 1:98,412 | 3,767 |
| Qatar | 50% | 429 | 1:5,524 | 882 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 80% | 407 | 1:3,345 | 624 |
| Canada | 100% | 406 | 1:81,609 | 4,514 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 397 | 1:447,265 | 14,589 |
| Russia | 99% | 397 | 1:363,309 | 4,448 |
| Oman | 100% | 293 | 1:14,023 | 1,398 |
| South Africa | 82% | 266 | 1:205,010 | 13,119 |
| Zimbabwe | 93% | 243 | 1:63,472 | 5,167 |
| Ghana | 100% | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Tanzania | 50% | 218 | 1:242,148 | 9,271 |
| Iraq | 100% | 188 | 1:186,265 | 3,333 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 131 | 1:54,595 | 4,859 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Singapore | 100% | 109 | 1:57,679 | 6,806 |
| Guyana | 86% | 108 | 1:7,067 | 1,174 |
| Philippines | 76% | 100 | 1:1,060,095 | 28,385 |
| Indonesia | - | 90 | 1:2,866,263 | 133,304 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Hong Kong | - | 74 | 1:104,767 | 2,841 |
| Netherlands | 81% | 60 | 1:281,701 | 9,059 |
| Germany | 73% | 56 | 1:1,726,391 | 10,712 |
| Cameroon | 99% | 50 | 1:432,210 | 14,577 |
| Mauritius | - | 49 | 1:26,485 | 2,170 |
| Australia | - | 45 | 1:303,503 | 6,091 |
| Sweden | 73% | 44 | 1:224,043 | 7,512 |
| Thailand | 85% | 42 | 1:1,668,234 | 50,084 |
| Zambia | - | 40 | 1:396,370 | 10,173 |
| Brunei | 100% | 39 | 1:10,758 | 783 |
| Liberia | 94% | 39 | 1:113,130 | 4,730 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Ethiopia | 75% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Uganda | 67% | 32 | 1:1,279,904 | 20,143 |
| Ukraine | 67% | 19 | 1:2,394,732 | 5,652 |
| New Zealand | - | 18 | 1:252,002 | 7,674 |
| Brazil | - | 17 | 1:12,602,127 | 143,895 |
| Kenya | 86% | 17 | 1:2,723,948 | 21,409 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 17 | 1:479,548 | 36,558 |
| China | - | 16 | 1:85,378,486 | 64,025 |
| Jordan | 99% | 15 | 1:588,452 | 4,159 |
| Maldives | 100% | 14 | 1:30,993 | 1,167 |
| Wales | 100% | 13 | 1:238,024 | 4,015 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,478,904 | 13,216 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 10 | 1:562,757 | 6,675 |
| Scotland | 84% | 10 | 1:535,037 | 6,544 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Morocco | 100% | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Norway | 75% | 9 | 1:570,259 | 9,843 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Armenia | 100% | 8 | 1:364,844 | 4,921 |
| France | 94% | 8 | 1:8,308,792 | 27,570 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 7 | 1:117,847 | 2,550 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Yemen | - | 6 | 1:4,382,792 | 4,591 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 80% | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| Spain | 100% | 5 | 1:9,305,993 | 18,112 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Czechia | - | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3 | 1:3,830,014 | 25,398 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Italy | 68% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Palestine | 50% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Peru | 50% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Venezuela | 79% | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
Sham (38,625) may also be a surname.
Sham Forename Popularity
Sham Demographics
Sham Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 277 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Sham Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sham in the Russian language | ||
| Шам | sam | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sham