Lâm is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Lin in Mandarin and Im in Korean.
Lam is the anglicized variation of the surname Lâm.
Lam is also a commonly held surname of Cantonese speakers of Chinese descent. Large populations in southern China and Hong Kong hold the surname.
Notable people with the surname Lâm Lam Phương, 20th century Vietnamese songwriter, real name Lâm Đình Phùng Lam Nguon Tanh (Lâm Ngươn Tánh), Chief of Naval Operations of the Republic of Vietnam Navy during the Vietnam War Thích Quảng Đức (born Lâm Văn Tức), Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963 Lam Nhat Tien, Vietnamese American singer Lam Quang Thi, senior military officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War Lam Quang My, late Polish-Vietnamese poet who wrote in Polish and Vietnamese Lam Van Phat, an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Lâm Quang Ky, a vice-general of Nguyen Trung Truc Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ, poet Katarina Lam, United States data scientist