Ham

As an English and German surname, variant of Hamm.

As a Dutch surname, from the noun ham (“bend in a river”). Compare Van Ham, Vanderham.

As a French surname, from several placenames, from the Frankish source of the Dutch word above.

As a Serbo-Croatian, Slovak and Hungarian surname (Hám), from the noun hám (“harness”), and sometimes from the German sense above.

As a Slovene surname, possibly from the "harness" or German senses above, or from ham (“grab, bite”).

As a Czech surname, shortened from Abraham.

As a Korean surname, from the name 함 (ham) (more at Ham). Compare Hahm.

As a Chinese surname, from several names such as 咸 (xián) (see Xian), 闞 / 阚 (see Kan), 范 (fàn) (see fan), 譚 / 谭 (tán) (see Tan), and possibly 涵 (hán, “contain”).

In some English surnames, from Old English hām, probably reduced from a name using it as a suffix -ham.

From Hebrew חָם.