Byam 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 2
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 9
Somerset 0
Surrey 2
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 0
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

Byam Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Byam family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 4
House Servant 2
Scholar 2
Landed Prorprietor 2
Chief Magistrate 1
Retired Captain From The Army 1
Wife 1
Independent N K 1
Vicar Of Kew & Petersham 1
House Maid 1
Lady House Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Byam

Name Census Frequency
Ellen Byam 19
William Byam 14
Henry Byam 12
Elizabeth Byam 11
Samuel Byam 11
Edward Byam 9
Alfred Byam 7
Ann Byam 7
John Byam 7
Maria Byam 7
Mary Byam 7
Sarah Byam 7
Arthur Byam 6
George Byam 5
Agnes Byam 4
Alice Byam 4
Amos Byam 4
Eliza Byam 4
Emma Byam 4
Harriet Byam 4
James Byam 4
Jane Byam 4
Ada Byam 3
Martha Byam 3
Matilda Byam 3

Byam Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Byme 50% 442
2 Byam 100% 240

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The surname Byam is the 2nd most popular variant of Byme.

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