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Biggam Family History

Biggam Surname Meaning

from either Bigholm in Beith parish (Ayrs) or Bigholms in Langholm parish (Dumfriess). The final element of the place-names is Older Scots holm (Old Scandinavian holmr) ‘islet; a piece of dry raised land in marsh’ also ‘stretch of low-lying land beside a river; a meadow’. The first element is uncertain perhaps related to Middle English *bigge synonymous with Middle English Older Scots bigging ‘a building’.

In the 17th and 18th centuries Scottish Protestant ‘planters’ and migrants took the name to Ulster where it survives as Bingham perhaps partly through confusion with the name in (ii). perhaps in some instances an altered form of Bingham.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Biggam families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Biggam family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Biggam families were found in and Scotland in 1841. In 1891 there were 21 Biggam families living in Cumberland. This was about 33% of all the recorded Biggam's in United Kingdom. Cumberland had the highest population of Biggam families in 1891.
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In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Biggam. 90% of Biggam women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    90%
  • Incapacitated
    10%

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