Family name Махам (Maham 
, Makham 
, Maxam 
) , all over the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The family name Махам is habitual in Mauritania, where it is quite a common surname, Jamaica, where it is quite a rare surname, and Libya. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, the United States, and Mauritania. More prevalently, Махам is the forename as well as the last name.