Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)
Family Tree
Look up another surname
The kam Surname

kam Name Meaning and History

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Reduced form of Dutch van Kam, a habitational name for someone from Chaam (formerly Kam) near Breda.
  4. Chinese : variant of Gan 1.
  5. Chinese : variant of Jin 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

The kam name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kam family name as far back in history as possible.

kam Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add kam family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of kam Families in the US in 1920
Number of kam families
 53-103
 18-52		 1-17
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view kam census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for kam records.
  • You can see how kam families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search kam census records.

More resources for your kam family history

Kam message board


Threads: 2 - Messages: 5
ThreadAuthorReplies
Ronald Kam, HI Tammy 0
Kam surname, Hong Kong>CAN Wendy Kam 3
Viewing 1-2 of 2 |  Go to the full board

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:


Member Connections

More Tools and Resources