Latham Family History
Latham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the various places in
northern England named with the dative plural form (used originally
after a preposition) of Old Norse hlaða ‘barn’ (dative
plural hloðum, i.e. ‘at the barns’), as for example
Latham in West Yorkshire, Lathom in Lancashire, and Laytham in East
Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Latham
Name Distribution of Latham Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Latham families
 1,091 - 2,179  364 - 1,090 |
 1 - 363  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Latham families
|
12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Latham census records
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Latham Family Origin
Latham Emigration Information (US)
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Latham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Latham
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