Southam
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English sūþ (“south”) + hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun[edit]
Southam (countable and uncountable, plural Southams)
- A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9725). [1]
- A market town and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4161). [2]
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Related terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Southam is the 38850th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 568 individuals. Southam is most common among White (89.96%) individuals.
References[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Southam”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Gloucestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Gloucestershire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Towns in Warwickshire, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Places in Warwickshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English