Updated January 23, 2020

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How Popular Is The Name Sham

Family name origins & meanings

  • Chinese : variant of Shum.
  • Chinese : variant of Shen 1.
  • Muslim : variant of Cham. This name is found mainly in northwest India (Gujarat).
  • Southeast Asian : unexplained.
  • Perhaps also an altered spelling of French Cham, a habitational name from any of several places called La Champ, named with champ ‘meadow’.