Last Name KIRKHAM

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Meaning Local: Of Kirkham, a parish in county Lancashire. This parish is one of the largest in the county, comprising about 130 square miles. Naturally such an area gave birth to a local surname, and although no great family of Kirkham can be recorded, the name made its way among the less important classes.
Local: From 'Kirk,' a church, and 'ham,' a village. The name of a small town in England, whence the surname originated.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Ethiopian

Rank 7,794 (2000 US census) 5,912 (1990 US census)
Count 3,933 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.09%, or 3740 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.73%, or 68 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.58%, or 23 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.43%, or 17 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.79%, or 31 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.37%, or 54 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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