Darham 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 1
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Darham Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Darham family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Cotton Weaver 2
Labourer 2
Lead Miner 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Cotton Carder 1
Cotton Hand Loom 1
Independent 1
Builder 1
Servant 1
Weaver 1
Dress Maker 1
Lab 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Darham

Name Census Frequency
Mary Darham 19
William Darham 14
John Darham 13
Elizabeth Darham 12
George Darham 8
Sarah Darham 6
James Darham 5
Samuel Darham 5
Thomas Darham 5
Ann Darham 4
Eliza Darham 4
Emily Darham 4
Jane Darham 4
Joseph Darham 4
Lucy Darham 4
Albert Darham 3
Charles Darham 3
Edward Darham 3
Richard Darham 3
Rose Darham 3
Alfred Darham 2
Anne Darham 2
Annie Darham 2
Arthur Darham 2
Ellen Darham 2

Darham Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Durham 83% 19,660
2 Derham 83% 4,345
3 Darham 100% 197

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The surname Darham is the 3rd most popular variant of Durham.

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