The Zahm surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 888 people carried this name — #27,228 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 883 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 224 people named Zahm.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
29 people named Zahm live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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.
Who carried it
People named Zahm,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Augustine Zahm 1851–1921 · writer -
Alain Zahm 1947– · politician
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Daniel S. Zahm 1950– · psychiatrist
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Olivier Zahm 1963– · editor
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Olivier Zahm 1963– · editor
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Olivier Zahm 1964– · editor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zahm.
When the index is not enough
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