Släkthistoria för Cham
Cham Vad efternamn betyder
West African (Gambia): variant of Thiam. Vietnamese (Châm): unexplained. Cambodian: written ចម of Chinese origin (compare below). The surname ចម also corresponds to the Khmer word meaning e.g. ‘highest’ and ‘head’. Chinese: Hokkien or Taiwanese Romanization of the surname 詹 see Zhan Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 湛 see Zhan Chinese: alternative Cantonese form of the surname 覃 see Tan 2 or Qin 7: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 曾 see Zeng.8: Filipino: of Chinese origin see 4 above.9: Amerindian (mainly Mexico): unexplained.10: French: habitational name from any of various places called Chalm often recorded as La Champ in Ardèche Drôme Haute-Loire Isère Lozère. The surname is most common in Haiti where it may be of different origin.1 English (of Norman origin): historically in England this is (or was) a variant of Cain denoting someone from Caen Calvados (France). However in this sense it now seems to be extinct as a surname in Britain.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
