Gholam

given name · English · Latin script

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

Gholam is a given name, most frequently recorded in Afghanistan, where it is the 20th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Persian, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Cairo, London.

rarermore common
  • AFAfghanistan1 in 590◐
  • IRIran1 in 101K
  • USUnited States1 in 885K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈891 ●

across 5 countries

Sources
92 ●

15K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 26K ◐

Sweden

Meaning & origin●

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●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Gholam is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan#203,6803.7K rec.——Gholam14
IR Iran—2,0801.3K rec.——Gholam43
IN India—65997 rec.——Gholam15
GB United Kingdom—618411 rec.——Gholam27
TR Türkiye—508593 rec.——Gholam10
DE Germany—495536 rec.——Gholam50
SE Sweden—390△120 rec.1 in 26K390Gholam11
US United States—3766.9K rec.1 in 885K376Gholam92
AU Australia—332372 rec.—1Gholam30
CA Canada—131147 rec.——Gholam14
AT Austria—116104 rec.——Gholam17
NL Netherlands—10873 rec.—23Gholam8

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Languages●

  • English5.9K24%
  • Persian4.1K17%
  • Arabic3.2K13%
  • 2.2K9%
  • Turkish1.6K7%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English5,91124%
Persian4,05217%
Arabic3,16413%
2,1869%
Turkish1,6077%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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 given name2.7K records spelled Gholam4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Iran, United Kingdom

    Also written Gholām, Gholám, G̲h̲olam

  • Bangla given name1.7K records spelled Gholam52 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh, India, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Bangla, English, Hindi

    Also written Golam, গোলাম, Goolam, Gölam, Ğolam

  • French given name944 records spelled Gholam3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Iran, Afghanistan, United States

    Also written Ǧȟōļąm

  • Russian given name324 records spelled Gholam11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    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.

Over time●

010020030040020002005201020152020

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Gholam in SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023), Sweden, 1999–2020
Yearrecords
1999147
2000146
2001148
2002150
2003149
2004146
2005144
2006148
2007146
2008149
2009150
2010160
2011168
2012188
2013196
2014199
2015198
2016214
2017245
2018281
2019305
2020309

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

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●

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—
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—180#5,160

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 2026-09-12 data build · 47 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gholam?
We estimate roughly 891 people bear Gholam (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.
In which country does Gholam have the most bearers?
Gholam is most frequently recorded in Afghanistan, where it is most often spelled gholam.
How common is Gholam compared with other names?
In Afghanistan, Gholam is the 20th most common given name of 22,039 given names recorded there.
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.
What does the name Gholam mean?
Recorded meaning: Cairo, London
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

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 2026-09-12.

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