Hallam Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 9
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 172
Cornwall 13
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 519
Devon 21
Dorset 1
Durham 22
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 7
Hampshire 12
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 0
Kent 20
Lancashire 276
Leicestershire 499
Lincolnshire 156
London 282
Middlesex 6
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 28
Nottinghamshire 857
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 1
Somerset 14
Surrey 10
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 237
Warwickshire 74
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 8
Yorkshire 441

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 15
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Hallam Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hallam family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 633
Agricultural Labourer 104
Coal Miner 54
Cotton Weaver 39
Labourer 39
House Servant 33
Frame Work Knitter 27
Dress Maker 23
Servant 20
General Servant 20
Frame Work Knitter Cotton 20
Lead Miner 19
Carter 19
Cotton Factory Worker 18
House Keeper 18
Tailor 18
Blacksmith 17
Shoe Maker 17
Seamstress 15
Seamer 15
Stocking Frame Work Knitter 14
Laundress 13
Potter 13
Domestic Servant 12
Farm Servant 12

Most Frequent Forenames for Hallam

Name Census Frequency
Mary Hallam 2,713
John Hallam 2,585
William Hallam 2,506
Elizabeth Hallam 1,757
Thomas Hallam 1,727
Sarah Hallam 1,694
George Hallam 1,618
Ann Hallam 1,063
Joseph Hallam 1,062
James Hallam 847
Henry Hallam 710
Annie Hallam 666
Eliza Hallam 646
Hannah Hallam 635
Jane Hallam 591
Charles Hallam 544
Samuel Hallam 521
Alice Hallam 467
Arthur Hallam 462
Ellen Hallam 459
Emma Hallam 457
Robert Hallam 441
Martha Hallam 383
Edward Hallam 363
Frederick Hallam 352

Hallam Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hallam 100% 39,499
2 Hillam 83% 2,149
3 Hallum 83% 1,254
4 Hilliam 71% 1,037
5 Hollom 67% 687
6 Hollam 83% 677
7 Hellam 83% 374
8 Hullam 83% 238
9 Hollome 57% 207
10 Halam 83% 206
11 Hallom 83% 152

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The surname Hallam is the most popular version of all its varients

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