Walham Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Carnarvonshire 1
Cambridgeshire 3
Cornwall 7
Devon 9
Essex 3
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lincolnshire 8
London 4
Suffolk 4
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0

Walham Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Walham family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 3
Agricultural Labourer 3
Butcher 2
Student 1
Wheelwright 1
Shoe Maker 1
Shoe Maker's Wife 1
Ag Labourer 1
Dress Maker 1
Male Servant 1
Female Servant 1
Pupil 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Walham

Name Census Frequency
Mary Walham 35
John Walham 27
William Walham 22
George Walham 17
Sarah Walham 16
Thomas Walham 16
Elizabeth Walham 12
James Walham 11
Eliza Walham 10
Ellen Walham 10
Jane Walham 10
Joseph Walham 10
Ann Walham 8
Frederick Walham 8
Harriet Walham 8
Frank Walham 7
Henry Walham 7
Margaret Walham 7
Emma Walham 6
Richard Walham 6
Robert Walham 6
Edward Walham 5
Susan Walham 5
Alice Walham 4
Louisa Walham 4

Walham Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Welham 83% 8,133
2 Wilham 83% 960
3 Woolham 71% 548
4 Walham 100% 418

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The surname Walham is the 4th most popular variant of Welham.

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