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    The surname Wareham

    An English place surname, carried by 1,973 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈwɛəɹəm/ 3 syllables Soundex W650

    Wareham: #14,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wareham #14,979, 1,973 people Wareham: #14,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wareham #14,979, 1,973 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wareham is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English Werhām, from Old English wer (“weir”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

    Wareham 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 1,973 people named Wareham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,485 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,797.

    #14,979
    rank among US surnames
    1,973
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,061)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,970Hagopian1,975156,327
    #14,976Charland1,974156,406
    #14,979Traore1,973156,485
    #14,986Fuentez1,972156,565

    Who is named Wareham

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

    92% of people named Wareham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Wareham

    Wareham has the Soundex code W650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W650.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wareham come from?
    From Old English Werhām, from Old English wer (“weir”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).
    How common is the surname Wareham?
    1,973 people in the United States had the surname Wareham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,485 Americans. It ranked 14,979th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wareham?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Wareham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Wareham?
    Wareham is /ˈwɛəɹəm/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Wareham?
    Wareham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Wareham getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,973 in 2010, up 9.8%.