The Kam surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,749 people carried this name — #8,749 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is up 12% from 3,358 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Kam.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Kam live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
39 people named Kam is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Kam in American newspapers,
1851–1897.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 586,048 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kam,
with a public archive behind them.
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Søren Kam 1921–2015 · military personnel -
Søren Kam 1921–2015 · military personnel
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Joseph Kam 1769–1833 · missionary
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Gerard Kam 1836–1922 · merchant
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William Kam 1922– · hydrogeologist
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Tat-Ting Kam 1952– · chemist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kam.
- Kalmes 322 · U.S. census
- Kaloustian 279 · U.S. census
- Kalt 513 · U.S. census
- Kaltenbach 1,348 · U.S. census
- Kaluza 679 · U.S. census
- Kaluzny 435 · U.S. census
- Kamal 2,623 · U.S. census
- Kamara 6,288 · U.S. census
- Kamel 1,477 · U.S. census
- Kaminska 316 · U.S. census
- Kaminski 14,152 · U.S. census
- Kamm 2,202 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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