Last Name SHAM

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Meaning Name SHAM is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'ШАМ'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name.
'SHAM'
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Origin Arabic, Chinese, Uzbek, Belarusian

Rank 34,459 (2000 US census) 32,860 (1990 US census)
Count 622 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 22.03%, or 137 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.5%, or 28 total occurrences, as black,
  • 63.5%, or 395 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 7.56%, or 47 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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