Family name シャム (シャム 
, Pecz 
, Schumm 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen シャム is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a rare surname, Hungary, and Albania, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Germany, the United States, and Hungary. Very seldom, シャム is the forename as well as the last name.