Fäm
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Fäm is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Hakka 範／范 (fàn).
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 849K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 28K
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.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 182 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Fam in US United States, MY Malaysia, AU Australia and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Hakka 範／范 (fàn).
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Fäm 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Fam | 51 |
| US United States | 392 | 1 in 849K | 1.6K | Fam | 182 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 655K | — | Fam | 14 |
| IT Italy | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 274K | — | Fam | 10 |
| BR Brazil | 225 | 1 in 941K | 225 | — | 2 |
| SG Singapore | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Fam | 53 |
| AU Australia | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 128K | — | Fam | 72 |
| EE Estonia | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 175K | listed | — | 1 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Fäm mean, and where does it come from?
- From Hakka 範／范 (fàn). Recorded by Wiktionary and Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- In which country does Fäm have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Fäm in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fam.
- How common is the name Fäm?
- In the United States, the national register counted 392 people named Fäm in 2010, about 1 in 849 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, “Fäm”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.