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grantham Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, of uncertain origin. The final element is Old English ham ‘homestead’; the first may be Old English grand ‘gravel’ or perhaps a personal name Granta, which probably originated as a byname meaning ‘snarler’. See also Graham.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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grantham Family Facts

Distribution of grantham Families in the US in 1920
Number of grantham families
 61-119
 21-60		 1-20
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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