Northam Family History
Northam Name Meaning
English (Devon): habitational name from Northam in Devon, named in
Old English with norþ ‘north’ + hamm ‘enclosure
hemmed in by water’ or ‘promontory’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Northam Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Northam families
 110 - 217  37 - 109 |
 1 - 36  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Northam Family Origin
Northam Emigration Information (US)
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Northam Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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