Isham 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 3
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 4
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 21
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
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

Isham Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Isham family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Independent 2
Parson 2
Apprentice 1
Baker 1
Shop Keeper 1
Tailor 1
Taylor 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Isham

Name Census Frequency
William Isham 95
George Isham 52
Mary Isham 46
Elizabeth Isham 40
Thomas Isham 40
John Isham 38
Sarah Isham 29
Edward Isham 28
Emily Isham 26
Ernest Isham 24
Jane Isham 24
Emma Isham 20
Richard Isham 19
Ellen Isham 18
Hannah Isham 18
Ann Isham 16
Harriet Isham 16
Charles Isham 15
Frederick Isham 15
Henry Isham 15
Robert Isham 15
Alice Isham 14
Florence Isham 14
Annie Isham 13
Eliza Isham 13

Isham Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Asham 80% 1,399
2 Isham 100% 1,153
3 Sham 80% 626
4 Shum 60% 201
5 Shim 60% 117

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The surname Isham is the 2nd most popular variant of Asham.

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