# Upham (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,804 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,060 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 171,145 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.4% (1,812 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English upp (“upper”) + hām (“homestead”). The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after Loyalist military officer and politician Joshua Upham (1741 - 1808).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Upham 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Upham in the United States.

## People named Upham

- Misty Upham, American actress (1982-2014)
- Warren Upham, American geologist (1850-1934)
- Charles Wentworth Upham, American politician (1802–1875)

## 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.