As a given name, Kam may be short for Kameron, which is a variant of Cameron, a given name which originated from a Scottish surname. Another similar shortened form is Cam.[1]
People with the given name or nickname Kam include:
In the Netherlands, there were 157 people with the surname Kam as of 2007, up from 38 in 1947.[10]
The 2000 South Korean census found 5,998 people in 1,910 households with the surname.[6] A study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports found that 70% of applicants with this family name spelled it in Latin letters as Kam in their passports, while 20% spelled it Gam. Rarer alternative spellings included Kahm.[11]
The 2010 United States census found 3,749 people with the surname Kam, making it the 8,749th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 3,358 (8,954th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, slightly more than 70% of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian, and about 15% as White.[12] It was the 404th-most-common surname among respondents to the 2000 Census who identified as Asian.[13]
People with the surname
Surname 甘:
Alex Kam (감강찬;甘強燦; born 1995), South Korean figure skater
Genervie Kam (甘诗琳; born 1980), Malaysian classical musician
Kam Nai-wai (甘乃威; born 1960), Hong Kong politician
Kam Ning (甘寧; fl.1987–present), Singaporean violinist
Richard Kam (감강인; born 1996), South Korean ice dancer, younger brother of Alex
12"행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구"[Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
↑"성씨유래검색: 감(甘)"[Searching for surname origins: Gam]. Daejeon: Jokbo Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2018. The Jokbo Museum cites the following work for their pages on family names: 김진우 (2009). 한국인 의 역사 [The History of Koreans]. 春秋筆法 [Chunchu Pilbeop]. OCLC502157619.
↑"Kam". Nederlandse Familienamenbank. Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
↑성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회[Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion]. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. p.57. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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