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    The surname Barham

    An English place surname, carried by 6,266 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbæɹəm/ 2 syllables Soundex B650

    Barham: #5,547 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Barham #5,547, 6,266 people Barham: #5,547 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barham #5,547, 6,266 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barham is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Two possible origins: * The villages in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk are named with Old English beorg (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”). * The village in Kent is probably named with an unattested Old English personal name *Beora, a derivative of bera (“bear”), + hām (“homestead”).

    Barham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,266 people named Barham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,273 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,961.

    #5,547
    rank among US surnames
    6,266
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,378)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,542McCants6,27049,242
    #5,543Milan6,26849,257
    #5,545Doucet6,26749,265
    #5,547Barham6,26649,273

    Who is named Barham

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    79% of people named Barham identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Bareham
    • Boram

    Surnames that sound like Barham

    Barham has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barham come from?
    Two possible origins: * The villages in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk are named with Old English beorg (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”). * The village in Kent is probably named with an unattested Old English personal name *Beora, a derivative of bera (“bear”), + hām (“homestead”).
    How common is the surname Barham?
    6,266 people in the United States had the surname Barham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,273 Americans. It ranked 5,547th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barham?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Barham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Barham?
    Barham is /ˈbæɹəm/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Barham?
    Barham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Barham getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,266 in 2010, up 5.1%.
    What are other spellings of Barham?
    Bareham and Boram.