Last Name FORDHAM

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Meaning Local: Of Fordham, a parish in county Cambridge; also a parish in county Essex, six miles from Colchester; also a parish in county Norfolk, near Downham Market.
Local: So named from a town in England; the house or village at the ford.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian

Rank 6,712 (2000 US census) 5,920 (1990 US census)
Count 4,639 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 71.72%, or 3327 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 25.87%, or 1200 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.26%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.11%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.08%, or 50 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.97%, or 45 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Russian middle names

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Belarus middle names

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Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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