Boreham Surname

107,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Tuvalu

Boreham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Boreham,' a parish four miles from Chelmsford, Essex.

Thomas de Borham, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hemet de Borham, Northamptonshire, ibid.

Harvey de Borham, Essex, ibid.

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Boreham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3391:23,8213,305
Australia1,1111:24,2993,332
United States2641:1,372,95195,166
Canada2181:169,01616,995
New Zealand1841:24,6104,301
South Africa1011:536,41342,583
Wales221:140,66110,115
Scotland181:297,43413,849
France111:6,038,429280,838
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1861:20,5532,913
Jersey71:7,4121,296
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Boreham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Boreham,' a parish four miles from Chelmsford, Essex.

Thomas de Borham, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hemet de Borham, Northamptonshire, ibid.

Harvey de Borham, Essex, ibid.

Robert de Borham, Essex, ibid.

1398. John Boram, rector of Bircham, Newton, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1745. Married — Samuel Boreham and Mary Phillips: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1779. — Michael Boreham and Elizabeth Syme: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Boreham = the Boar-land or Bár’s Home or Estate [Middle English bore, Old English bár, boar + ham(m, piece of land, or hám, home, estate]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Places in cos. Essex and Sussex.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Boreham Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Boreham Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Boreham is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Boreham? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 107,768th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,684,592 people. The surname Boreham occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Boreham live; 55 percent live in Northern Europe and 55 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 2,339 people, or 1 in 23,821. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 17 percent live, Essex, where 17 percent live and Suffolk, where 12 percent live. Not including England Boreham occurs in 32 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 26 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Boreham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Boreham has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Boreham surname expanded 197 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 1,553 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Boreham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Boreham last name are 23.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.49% registered with the political party.

The amount Boreham earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 23.29% more than the national average, earning R 292,980 per year; in United States they earn 36.3% more than the national average, earning $58,814 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.55% less than the national average, earning $49,410 CAD per year.

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