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Pelham
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pelham
English
Etymology
From the en ang - personal name ang *Pēola + ang hām homestead.
Pronunciation
en En-us-Pelham.ogg US
Proper noun
~ s
en suburb city/Birmingham co/West Midlands cc/England OS grid ref SP108368.
en town rmun/Niagara p/Ontario c/Canada.
en number of places c/USA:
en city co/Shelby County s/Alabama.
en city co/Mitchell County s/Georgia.
en town co/Hampshire County s/Massachusetts.
en Nick Stoico Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns w:Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/22/metro/newton-ma-generational-tobacco-ban/ 2025-01-22 Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health. https://web.archive.org/web/20260609112223/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/22/metro/newton-ma-generational-tobacco-ban/ 9 June 2026
en town co/Hillsborough County s/New Hampshire. TopoZone: Pelham, New Hampshire
en town/and/village therein, in co/Westchester County s/New York. TopoZone: Pelham, New York
en ucomm co/Caswell County s/North Carolina.
en CDP co/Grundy County s/Tennessee.
en place c/Australia:
en rural locality r:Suf/Western Downs s/Queensland.
en locality carea/Central Highlands and the carea/Southern Midlands central s/Tasmania.
en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Brent Pelham Furneux Pelham Stocking Pelham
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Pelham is the 9854th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3282 individuals. Pelham is most common among White (76.2%) and Black/African American (17.09%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en aehlmp phleam