Across the world, Kanam (Kanam 
, กาน้ำ, กันอ่ำ) is quite a rare epicene given name. The first name Kanam is habitual in Hong Kong, where it is a rare masculine name, India, where it is a very rare unisex name, and Indonesia. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Likewise, Kanam is the last name as well as the forename.