Arqam

given name · Latin script

Meaning: writer; the best recorder; companion of the Prophet Muhammad

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Arqam is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 42K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ISIceland1 in 351K
  • CACanada≈1 in 2.3M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,500 people, est.

Sources
40 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)

Pakistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

writer; the best recorder; companion of the Prophet Muhammad

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Arqam counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Arqam is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈5,500 est.≈1 in 42KlistedArqam40
US United States≈24 est.≈1 in 14M8Arqam13
CA Canada≈17 est.≈1 in 2.3M1Arqam5
GB United Kingdom≈13 est.≈1 in 5.2M—Arqam8
IS Iceland11 in 351K1——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Arqam is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, India

    Also written Ãrqåm

  • Bangla surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Arkam, আরকাম

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Arqam under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Arqam mean, and where does it come from?
writer; the best recorder; companion of the Prophet Muhammad Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
Is Arqam a male or female name?
Arqam is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Arqam have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.5 thousand people named Arqam in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arqam.
How common is the name Arqam?
In Iceland, the national register counted 1 people named Arqam in 2026, about 1 in 351 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Arqam”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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