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Barham
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Bareham Boram
Etymology
Two possible origins:
The villages in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk are named with en ang beorg hill + ang hām homestead.
The village in Kent is probably named with an unattested en ang - personal name ang *Beora, a derivative of ang bera bear, + ang hām homestead.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbæɹəm/
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
en village par/Barham and Woolley dist/Huntingdonshire co/Cambridgeshire cc/England OS grid ref TL1375.
en village/and/cpar in dist/Canterbury co/Kent cc/England OS grid ref TR2050. Parish map (Kent)
en village/and/cpar in dist/Mid Suffolk co/Suffolk cc/England OS grid ref TM1451. Parish map (Suffolk)
en town dist/Riverina s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en countable en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Barham and Woolley
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Barham is the 5547th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6266 individuals. Barham is most common among White (79.25%) and Black/African American (15.51%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en aabhmr Brahma Braham Bahrām Rambha Bramah Bahram
en 2-syllable words