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Kam

in the US

There are 2,862 people with the last name "Kam" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Kam 8,942
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  1. is 8,938th most common Donohoe
  2. is 8,939th most common Gowen
  3. is 8,940th most common Towery
  4. is 8,941st most common Kagan
  5. is 8,942nd most common Kam
  6. is 8,943rd most common Longley
  7. is 8,944th most common Partlow
  8. is 8,945th most common Poor
  9. is 8,946th most common Slusser

Similar Names and Nicknames

Kim, Kan, Ken, Kin, Kun, Kon, Kem, Kum, Kom, Kym

Most Common First Names for Kam

David, Michael, Jennifer, John, Steven, Thomas, Linda, Paul, Robert

Meaning & History

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Kam

Dutch and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Dutch and Yiddish kam ‘comb’, hence a metonymic occupational name either for a comb maker or for a wool comber or fuller.

Reduced form of Dutch van der Kam, from Middle Dutch kamme ‘brewery’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a brewery or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one.

Reduced form of Dutch van Kam, a habitational name for someone from Chaam (formerly Kam) near Breda.

Chinese 甘: variant of Gan 1.

Chinese 金: variant of Jin 1.

Recent Searches for "Kam" in the US

Since June 2009
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David Kam (9 searches)
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