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    The surname Eastham

    An English place surname, carried by 2,263 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E235

    Eastham: #13,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Eastham #13,456, 2,263 people Eastham: #13,456 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Eastham #13,456, 2,263 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eastham is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English ēast (“east”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“river meadow”).

    Eastham 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 2,263 people named Eastham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,432 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,159.

    #13,456
    rank among US surnames
    2,263
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,019)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,453Carstensen2,264136,372
    #13,456Mankin2,263136,432
    #13,462Trottier2,262136,492

    Who is named Eastham

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

    93% of people named Eastham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as two or more races and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Easthams

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Eastham
      American actor (1916–2005)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Easom

    Surnames that sound like Eastham

    Eastham has the Soundex code E235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E235.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Eastham come from?
    From Old English ēast (“east”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“river meadow”).
    How common is the surname Eastham?
    2,263 people in the United States had the surname Eastham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,432 Americans. It ranked 13,456th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eastham?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Eastham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Eastham?
    Richard Eastham, American actor (1916–2005).
    Where is the surname Eastham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Eastham in the United States.
    What type of surname is Eastham?
    Eastham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Eastham getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,263 in 2010, up 4.8%.
    What are other spellings of Eastham?
    Easom.