Cham is used as a family name or surname in The Gambia. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cham
No. of characters: 4
Origin: The Gambia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cham

How popular is Cham?

Cham is common in The Gambia.

Cham is ranked 8113 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Chams grew by 51.07527 per cent to 1124 since 2000 and ranked 22791 after elevating 7024 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 49.47 35.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 31.49 40.73
Hispanic or Latino 9.43 5.91
White 7.56 11.69
Cham is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in The Gambia which signifies that it is originated from The Gambia. Around 66784 people have been found who wears Cham as their family name. Cham is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
244,758 Ukraine10
9,759 Japan5
122,390 Belarus4
734 Myanmar4
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
8,689 Pakistan4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
3,861 Syria3
667 Sierra Leone3
2,444 Sudan3
4,915 Panama3
3,008 Ethiopia3
6,989 Uganda3
9,500 Ghana3
181 East Timor3
89,020 Tanzania2
31,767 Greece2
5,671 Guatemala2
26,532 Chile2
35,969 Denmark2
177 Comoros2
1,151 Brunei2
4,231 Jamaica2
4,744 Macedonia2
4,104 South Korea2
40,064 Nigeria2
10,284 Kuwait2
2,877 Cuba1
2,935 Madagascar1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
717 Bhutan1
700 Somalia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
1,879 Belize1
37,493 Austria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
880 Djibouti1
14,373 Jordan1
12,741 Ecuador1
153,416 Italy1
8,859 Iraq1
97 Tuvalu1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
58,885 Poland1
16,073 Latvia1
25,746 Finland1
4,942 Libya1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
15,162 Costa Rica1
50,549 Georgia1
25,721 Egypt1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,461 Netherlands40
1,305 China36
8,720 Qatar29
3,338 Thailand27
21,268 New Zealand21
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,606 Peru100
49,486 South Africa91
1,478 Senegal87
8,986 Norway85
20,785 Belgium82
4,226 Mauritania68
155,919 Russia64
17,456 Switzerland63
8,082 Scotland59
132,150 Indonesia56
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Cham:
4,304 Cameroon793
9,211 Algeria714
689 Singapore692
14,257 France661
10,018 England640
9,056 Kenya549
19,380 Germany538
9,594 Morocco537
4,639 Sri Lanka456
61,568 India449
870 Taiwan406
40,920 Brazil270
6,413 Venezuela251
22,396 Turkey245
11,535 Australia241
17,540 Canada208
17,602 Spain178
3,282 Lebanon167
430 Macau134
7,748 Tunisia132
44,861 Argentina105
Countries with thousands of Cham:
394 Vietnam9,539
739 Malaysia4,604
564 Cambodia4,104
3,766 Philippines3,480
1,062 Haiti1,482
306 Hong Kong1,317
7,608 Iran1,228
5,090 Mexico1,204
25,723 United States1,191
Countries with ten thousands of Cham:
10 The Gambia29,122
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Comments

M
Mariana Gratton
 Cham is a surname, represents a variant of Chalm: locality name from the Low Latin calmis plateau denude, characteristic of a dwelling.

Cham Namesakes

  • François-Philippe Champagne, Canadian Politician
  • Marouane Chamakh, Soccer player
  • Theobald II, Count of Champagne, Counts of Blois
  • William of Champeaux, Philosopher
  • Abiram Chamberlain, Former Governor of Connecticut
  • Samuel de Champlain, Navigator
  • Jorge Cham, Comic Strip Creator
  • Adelbert von Chamisso, Poet
  • Jorge Chaminé, Singer
  • Adelbert von Chamisso, Poet
  • Along Cham portrayed leading role of Kun in 2012 action, comedy movie Taikun.

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