Across the world, เชื่อม (Wel 
, Chueam 
, เชื่อม) is quite a rare unisex first name. The given name เชื่อม is characteristic of Mauritania, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare mostly male, but seldom female name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and India. Likewise, เชื่อม is the last name as well as the forename.