Cognomen Kadhem (كاظم 
, Kadhem 
, محمدکاظم ) , all over the world, is a common family name. The family name Kadhem is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Bahrain, where it is a common surname, Iraq, and Syria, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Iraq, Bahrain, and Egypt. Predominantly, Kadhem is the forename as well as the last name.