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

Sham Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sham family

Profession Census Frequency
Army 2
Pupil 2
Female Servant 1
Mariner 1
Labourer 1
Indepent 1
Brick Maker 1
Chair Woman 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sham

Name Census Frequency
Mary Sham 45
William Sham 44
John Sham 35
Sarah Sham 35
Elizabeth Sham 23
Thomas Sham 19
James Sham 18
Joseph Sham 17
George Sham 16
Ann Sham 13
Jane Sham 13
Charles Sham 11
Annie Sham 10
Henry Sham 9
Margaret Sham 9
Ellen Sham 8
Robert Sham 8
Arthur Sham 7
Eliza Sham 7
Hannah Sham 7
Albert Sham 6
Emily Sham 6
Martha Sham 6
Harriet Sham 5
Louisa Sham 5

Sham Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Asham 80% 1,399
2 Isham 80% 1,153
3 Sham 100% 626
4 Shum 75% 201
5 Shim 75% 117

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The surname Sham is the 3rd most popular variant of Asham.

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