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Bingham
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English
Etymology
en. Perhaps from en ang Bynna given name + ang -ing + ang hām home, property, or from en non bingr stall, bed + ang hām.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɪŋəm/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-StalJosA-Bingham.wav US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bingham.wav Southern England
Proper noun
~ s
en town/and/cpar in dist/Rushcliffe county/Nottinghamshire cc/England OS grid ref SK703343. Parish map (Nottinghamshire
en eastern suburb city/Edinburgh carea/City of Edinburgh cc/Scotland OS grid ref NT3072.
en locale c/US:
en ghost town co/Jeff Davis County s/Georgia.
en village co/Fayette County s/Illinois ; named for Judge Horatio Bingham.
en town co/Somerset County s/Maine ; named for Pennsylvania statesman William Bingham.
en twp co/Clinton County s/Michigan, named after Kinsley S. Bingham, as are the other two Michigan townships.
en twp co/Huron County s/Michigan.
en twp co/Leelanau County s/Michigan.
en unincorporated community co/Sheridan County s/Nebraska.
en twp co/Potter County s/Pennsylvania.
en ghost town co/Dillon County s/South Carolina.
en unincorporated community co/Greenbrier County s/West Virginia.
en English habitational for someone from the town in Nottinghamshire, or Melcombe Bingham in Dorset.
en David Williams A vintage clothing store isn’t arguing with customers about wearing masks w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/us/arizona-vintage-store-mask-sign-trnd 2020-07-03 Antique Sugar co-owner Sarah Bingham is tired of arguing with customers who don’t want to put on a mask before coming into the vintage clothing shop in Phoenix, Arizona. https://web.archive.org/web/20221225230910/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/03/us/arizona-vintage-store-mask-sign-trnd/
Derived terms
en Bingham County binghamite Binghamton Sutton Bingham
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Bingham is the 1360th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25941 individuals. Bingham is most common among White (82.0%) and Black/African American (12.7%) individuals.
References
en surnames from Old English surnames from Old Norse