Oldam 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 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 5
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

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

Oldam Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Oldam family

Profession Census Frequency
Pit Pony Storer 3
Laundry Waiter 1
Hair Dresser 1
Clerk Commercial Clerk 1
Gardener Domestic 1
School Teacher 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Cotton Brokers Clerk 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Oldam

Name Census Frequency
John Oldam 18
Elizabeth Oldam 16
William Oldam 14
James Oldam 12
Mary Oldam 11
Edward Oldam 8
Thomas Oldam 8
Ann Oldam 7
Alice Oldam 6
George Oldam 6
Joseph Oldam 6
Arthur Oldam 5
Ellen Oldam 4
Jane Oldam 4
Sarah Oldam 4
Alfred Oldam 3
Harry Oldam 3
Herbert Oldam 3
Martha Oldam 3
Samuel Oldam 3
Eliza Oldam 2
Frances Oldam 2
Harold Oldam 2
Hugh Oldam 2
Kate Oldam 2

Oldam Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Oldham 83% 38,015
2 Aldam 80% 1,291
3 Leedam 50% 254
4 Aldum 60% 243
5 Oldam 100% 223
6 Aldom 60% 111

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The surname Oldam is the 5th most popular variant of Oldham.

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