The surname Bingham
A Norse place surname, carried by 25,941 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈbɪŋəm/ 2 syllables Soundex B525
Origin
Norse origin
Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English Bynna (given name) + -ing + hām (“home, property”), or from Old Norse bingr (“stall, bed”) + hām.
Bingham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 25,941 people named Bingham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,902 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,327.
Who is named Bingham
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
82% of people named Bingham identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 82%
- Black (not Hispanic) 13%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Famous Binghams
19 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Hiram Bingham IIIAmerican academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician (1875–1956)
- Traci BinghamAmerican actress (born 1968)
- George Caleb BinghamAmerican artist (1811–1879)
- Margot BinghamAmerican singer, actor and composer, born 1987
- George Bingham, 3rd Earl of LucanBritish Army officer (1800-1888)
- Michael BinghamAmerican-born British athletics competitor, born 1986
- William BinghamAmerican Continental congressman and senator for Pennsylvania, 1752–1804
- Ryan BinghamAmerican musician, born 1981
- David BinghamAmerican soccer player, born 1989
- John BinghamAmerican politician (1815–1900)
- Bob BinghamAmerican actor (1946–2025)
- Eugene Cook BinghamAmerican chemist, 1878–1945
Notable Binghams come mostly from the United States (16), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and the United Kingdom (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Bingham has the Soundex code B525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B525.
Other Norse surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bingham come from?
- Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English Bynna (given name) + -ing + hām (“home, property”), or from Old Norse bingr (“stall, bed”) + hām.
- How common is the surname Bingham?
- 25,941 people in the United States had the surname Bingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,902 Americans. It ranked 1,360th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bingham?
- In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Bingham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Bingham?
- Hiram Bingham III, American academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician (1875–1956), followed by Traci Bingham.
- Where is the surname Bingham most common?
- Wikidata records people named Bingham in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
- How do you pronounce Bingham?
- Bingham is /ˈbɪŋəm/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Bingham?
- Bingham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Bingham getting more or less common?
- More common. 24,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,941 in 2010, up 6.6%.