Elam Family History
Elam Name Meaning
English: habitational name for someone from a place called Elham,
in Kent, or a lost place of this name in Crayford, Kent. The first is
derived from Old English ?l ‘eel’ + ham
‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’. There is
also an Elam Grange in Bingley, West Yorkshire, but the current
distribution of the name in the British Isles suggests that it did not
contribute significantly to the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Elam
Name Distribution of Elam Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Elam families
 72 - 141  25 - 71 |
 1 - 24  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Elam families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Elam census records
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Elam Family Origin
Elam Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Elam Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Elam census records
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Military Service by Elam
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