Names of Cambodia KH

The names that most distinguish Cambodia from the rest of the world are ជា, ស៊ុន and ចាន់; names here are written in Khmer.

Written in Khmer.

Population
17M
Official registers
8
Name forms recorded
10K
BBuilt from 8 official registers, 10,385 name forms in our corpus, 4 cited works.

At least one official register, plus a written account of the naming system.

The account of the naming system rests on encyclopaedia and genealogy sources; it has not yet been checked against onomastic literature.

How names work in Cambodia

Names in Cambodia follow one naming tradition. Its structure, its given-name and surname stock, how to address someone and what trips software up are set out on its own page.

The most common names in Cambodia

Characteristic of Cambodia

Not the most common names — the most distinctive ones. A name appears here when Cambodia holds a larger share of its bearers than the world does, weighted by how much of the country's whole name distribution it accounts for.

វិនសុភាពស្រីមុំសុខនសារិនសុផលសាវិនផល្លាសុខុមសារឿនថាណាវីសុភីចន្ទីវណ្ណាកុសលសុវណ្ណវាសនាផល្លីពិសីស៊ីថាគាសម្បត្តិសុធាសីហាសំអូនវណ្ណុដាសាវីអេងចិន្តាវិតចន្ធីថនរតនាស្រស់ដាវីគន្ធាស្រីល័ក្ខចាន់ណាធនទូចសំណាងឡេងប៊ុនធឿនចន្ថាសំអាតសុខលីរស្មីសុខាស្រ៊ុនសុផាតណាងរិទ្ធីហឿនធាលីណាសំអុលសាវឿនប្រាក់
Sized by how much of the difference between Cambodia's name distribution and the world's this name accounts for. Hover for its share here against its share worldwide.●

Scripts & spelling

Names in Cambodia are written in Khmer (100%), measured over the spellings our corpus records for this country.

ជាsurname●
ស៊ុនsurname●
ចាន់surname●
ហេងsurname●
គង់surname●
The best-attested names in Cambodia, in the spelling our records use there. Where a Latin spelling is also attested it is shown beneath — a spelling from the corpus, not a machine romanisation.

Registers & sources

Official registers

Cited works

Behind this page's own account — its one-line answer, its explanation of why the rankings differ, and the notes on its registers. Each naming tradition cites its own sources on its page. Not yet checked against onomastic literature.

About this data

Official figures are reproduced from the register named beside them, at the year named beside them, and are never combined across registers. The "across all records" ranking counts records in our own corpus — historical registers, the diaspora, business and place records — and is not a population count. Bearer estimates are omitted where a name accounts for more than a quarter of a country's records, because the estimate is not defensible there. Names listed by reference works and licensed name dictionaries are cited as attesting a name; their figures are not published.

Data snapshot: 2026-09-12.

Cite this page: Mondonomo, “Names of Cambodia”, https://nelma.mondonomo.ai/names/KH (data snapshot 2026-09-12).