Gholam

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Cairo, London

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

Gholam is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country, where it is the 20th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • AFAfghanistan≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • IRIran≈1 in 158K
  • USUnited States1 in 885K

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.

Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈35,000 people, est.

Sources
117 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Afghanistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Cairo, London

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gholam 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 Gholam is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan#20≈35,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Gholam15
AO Angola—≈660 est.≈1 in 50K—Gholam1
IR Iran—≈540 est.≈1 in 158K—Gholam49
SE Sweden—3901 in 26K390Gholam11
US United States—3761 in 885K376Gholam117
AT Austria—≈180 est.≈1 in 49K—Gholam17
AE United Arab Emirates—≈160 est.≈1 in 63K—Gholam25

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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

Gholam is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written G̲h̲olam, Gholám, Gholām

  • Bangla given name52 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Bangla, Hindi, English

    Also written Golam, গোলাম, Goolam, Gölam, Ğolam

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Iran, Afghanistan

    Also written Ǧȟōļąm

  • Russian surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Голам, Golam, Гхолам, Gholām

34 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Gholam A. Peyman, b. 1937Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, b. 1949Gholam Hossein Koohi, b. 1951Gholam Ali Rasheed, b. 1953Gholam Nousher, b. 1964Gholam Ali, b. 1974

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Gholam
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—390#3,281
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020376#25,276
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2020309—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2019305—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2018281—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2017245—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2016214—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2014199—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2015198—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2013196—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2012188—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2011168—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gholam mean, and where does it come from?
Cairo, London Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
Is Gholam a male or female name?
Gholam 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 Gholam have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 35 thousand people named Gholam in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gholam.
How common is the name Gholam?
In Sweden, the national register counted 390 people named Gholam, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
How common is Gholam compared with other names?
In Afghanistan, Gholam is the 20th most common given name of 21,469 given names recorded there.

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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, “Gholam” — the 20th most common given name in Afghanistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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