Balham Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Balham Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Balham family

Profession Census Frequency
Milliner 2
Dress Maker 2
Ag Labourer 2
Secretary Ot The Exeter Railway Company 1
Laundress 1
Spinster 1
Confectioner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Balham

Name Census Frequency
Mary Balham 24
John Balham 22
Elizabeth Balham 17
William Balham 17
James Balham 15
Frederick Balham 11
Sarah Balham 11
Charles Balham 8
Eliza Balham 8
Ann Balham 7
Arthur Balham 7
Edward Balham 7
Emily Balham 7
Henry Balham 7
Louisa Balham 7
Emma Balham 6
Jane Balham 6
Joseph Balham 6
Thomas Balham 6
Alice Balham 5
Harriet Balham 4
Margaret Balham 4
Maria Balham 4
Richard Balham 4
Fanny Balham 3

Balham Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bilham 83% 2,373
2 Belham 83% 1,177
3 Baalham 86% 407
4 Balham 100% 344
5 Ballham 86% 130

Did you know?

The surname Balham is the 4th most popular variant of Bilham.

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