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Eastham
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East Ham
English
Alternative forms
surname en Easom
Etymology
From en ang ēast east + ang hām homestead or ang hamm river meadow.
Proper noun
~ s
A placename
en village metbor/Wirral co/Merseyside cc/England OS grid ref SJ358805.
en 1959 October Norman Jones The Manchester Ship Canal Railway Trains Illustrated 488 At Ellesmere Port the railway ends, but the canal continues a little farther to Eastham, giving shipping an outlet to the River Mersey.
en village/and/cpar in dist/Malvern Hills co/Worcestershire cc/England OS grid ref SO6568. Parish map (Worcestershire)
en town co/Barnstable County s/Massachusetts c/US. TopoZone: Eastham, Massachusetts
en countable en habitational Old English.
Coordinate terms
en East Ham Northam Westham Southam
Derived terms
en North Eastham
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Eastham is the 13456th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2263 individuals. Eastham is most common among White (93.02%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en aaehmst athames athamés hamates
en terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs