# Markham (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/markham/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,137 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,741 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,502 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (12,763 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɑɹkəm/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Markham in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Markham in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Markham

- Monte Markham, American actor
- Edwin Markham, American poet (1854-1940)
- Kika Markham, British actress
- David Markham, British actor (1913-1983)
- Richard Anthony Salisbury, British botanist and gardener (1761-1829)

## Similar surnames

Marcum, Marchand, Marchant, Murakami, Marchan, Marzan, Markman, Markin, Marchman, Markunas, Morgan, Morrison.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.