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

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

Maham Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Maham family

Profession Census Frequency
Keeper Fireman 1
Parlour Maid 1
Day Man Theatre 1
Drawer Woollen Mill 1
Nil 1
Private-mgaees 1
Chemist Mann Faetming 1
Engineering Kudewr 1
School 1
Bricklayer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Maham

Name Census Frequency
Mary Maham 72
John Maham 71
William Maham 44
Thomas Maham 41
James Maham 36
Elizabeth Maham 32
Margaret Maham 26
Jane Maham 25
Patrick Maham 22
Catherine Maham 20
Robert Maham 20
Sarah Maham 17
Ann Maham 14
Henry Maham 14
Joseph Maham 13
Ellen Maham 12
Michael Maham 12
George Maham 11
Alice Maham 10
Bridget Maham 10
Edward Maham 10
Agnes Maham 9
Francis Maham 9
Hannah Maham 9
Emily Maham 8

Maham Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Maham 100% 848
2 Meeham 67% 388

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The surname Maham is the most popular version of all its varients

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