Lam Forename
1,521st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 646,160 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Vietnam
Lam Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 70% | 568,852 | 1:163 | 48 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 31,731 | 1:364 | 85 |
| Cambodia | 58% | 10,655 | 1:1,527 | 339 |
| United States | 87% | 7,058 | 1:51,365 | 2,850 |
| Thailand | 57% | 4,939 | 1:14,186 | 2,138 |
| Sudan | 87% | 3,570 | 1:10,590 | 1,295 |
| Malaysia | 74% | 3,330 | 1:9,144 | 1,048 |
| Indonesia | 97% | 2,802 | 1:92,064 | 10,503 |
| India | 60% | 1,889 | 1:643,133 | 48,056 |
| Egypt | 70% | 1,670 | 1:55,031 | 3,065 |
| Canada | 63% | 1,295 | 1:25,586 | 2,148 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,283 | 1:124,288 | 7,723 |
| Hong Kong | - | 740 | 1:10,477 | 957 |
| Chad | 90% | 618 | 1:22,004 | 2,892 |
| Kenya | - | 584 | 1:79,293 | 4,580 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Morocco | - | 464 | 1:74,027 | 2,699 |
| Pakistan | 66% | 420 | 1:462,756 | 11,049 |
| Suriname | - | 362 | 1:1,527 | 347 |
| Bhutan | 80% | 360 | 1:2,291 | 234 |
| Australia | - | 238 | 1:57,385 | 2,581 |
| England | 82% | 233 | 1:238,639 | 6,590 |
| Singapore | 53% | 195 | 1:32,241 | 5,886 |
| Brunei | - | 174 | 1:2,411 | 251 |
| China | - | 154 | 1:8,870,492 | 59,539 |
| Afghanistan | 71% | 133 | 1:245,290 | 5,762 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61% | 132 | 1:61,760 | 5,941 |
| France | 94% | 117 | 1:568,123 | 5,777 |
| Nigeria | 70% | 115 | 1:1,544,038 | 33,564 |
| South Korea | 57% | 111 | 1:49,950 | 3,379 |
| Brazil | 77% | 110 | 1:1,947,601 | 41,393 |
| Mauritius | - | 93 | 1:13,955 | 1,555 |
| Uganda | 88% | 79 | 1:518,442 | 11,826 |
| Qatar | 50% | 69 | 1:34,342 | 4,570 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 68 | 1:105,176 | 8,303 |
| Russia | 100% | 63 | 1:2,289,424 | 14,741 |
| Germany | 88% | 62 | 1:1,559,321 | 10,087 |
| Iraq | 73% | 58 | 1:603,756 | 6,195 |
| Iran | 79% | 56 | 1:1,401,730 | 10,250 |
| Philippines | 83% | 51 | 1:2,078,617 | 45,874 |
| Norway | 76% | 50 | 1:102,647 | 3,293 |
| Taiwan | 61% | 49 | 1:485,096 | 27,727 |
| Netherlands | 70% | 48 | 1:352,127 | 10,231 |
| Denmark | - | 44 | 1:128,398 | 3,389 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Albania | 100% | 33 | 1:92,320 | 6,614 |
| Sweden | 66% | 33 | 1:298,724 | 9,079 |
| Macau | - | 29 | 1:20,973 | 372 |
| Cameroon | 61% | 28 | 1:771,804 | 21,901 |
| Kosovo | - | 26 | 1:71,594 | 4,589 |
| Senegal | 90% | 26 | 1:560,821 | 6,877 |
| Zimbabwe | 89% | 23 | 1:670,601 | 27,250 |
| Switzerland | 66% | 22 | 1:373,341 | 6,715 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Czechia | 87% | 20 | 1:532,808 | 2,565 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Algeria | - | 18 | 1:2,120,929 | 6,835 |
| Belgium | 90% | 16 | 1:718,128 | 9,982 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Japan | - | 14 | 1:9,141,861 | 33,787 |
| Belarus | 67% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Scotland | 83% | 11 | 1:486,397 | 6,140 |
| Hungary | 75% | 9 | 1:1,087,975 | 2,994 |
| Peru | 86% | 8 | 1:3,973,932 | 31,495 |
| Venezuela | 77% | 8 | 1:3,775,237 | 55,178 |
| Finland | 86% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Mexico | 100% | 7 | 1:17,734,918 | 43,346 |
| Liberia | 67% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Niger | 100% | 6 | 1:3,197,332 | 33,105 |
| South Africa | 67% | 6 | 1:9,088,775 | 152,087 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Nepal | 67% | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Costa Rica | 67% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Greece | - | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 4 | 1:1,023,810 | 14,082 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| New Zealand | - | 3 | 1:1,512,015 | 11,267 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Austria | - | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Tanzania | 50% | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Italy | 71% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Oman | 100% | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
The alternate forms: Lâm (8) are calculated separately.
Lam (1,158,921) may also be a surname.
Lam Forename Popularity
Lam Demographics
Average Male Lam Height
171.51 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 491 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Lam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lam in the Russian language | ||
| Лам | lam | - |
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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 Lam