Kirkham

English

Etymology

From a Scandinvianized form of Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + hām (“homestead”).

Proper noun

Kirkham (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkhams)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A town and civil parish in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4232).
   2. A small village in Westow parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7365).
   3. A suburb of the council of Camden, south-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kirkham is the 8032^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4121 individuals. Kirkham is most common among White (92.87%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kirkham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 310.