Farnham Surname

52,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,658 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Farnham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Farnham,' a parish and market-town in Surrey, ten miles from Guildford.

John de Farnam, carnifex, 17 Edward II: Freemen of York.

Here the h is elided, as in Barnum, &c.

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Farnham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,7281:53,8736,450
England1,1071:50,3326,237
Australia9251:29,1853,936
Canada4181:88,1479,741
South Africa1261:429,98236,940
Wales1171:26,4492,746
New Zealand411:110,44714,290
Ireland311:151,9016,891
Scotland301:178,4619,900
Guernsey291:2,222539
Jersey241:4,133843
France141:4,744,480251,814
Northern Ireland121:153,7538,250
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Panama41:978,06412,245
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland291:152,7548,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5611:43,4505,433
Guernsey211:1,555273
Scotland151:249,5488,553
Jersey81:6,4851,119
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5251:19,8892,508

Farnham (56) may also be a first name.

Farnham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Farnham,' a parish and market-town in Surrey, ten miles from Guildford.

John de Farnam, carnifex, 17 Edward II: Freemen of York.

Here the h is elided, as in Barnum, &c.

1665. Edward Farnham and Katherine Higgons: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

1666. Baptised — Susanna, d. John Farnam: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) belonging to Farnham = the Fern-Land [Old English fearn + ham(m]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Farnham (homestead where ferns or thorns grew), the name of various places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Parishes, &c., in cos. Surrey, Dorset, Essex, Northumberland, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Bucks, &c. The surname occurs in co. Leicester, before the reign of Edw. I. B.L.G.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. From a town in Surrey, England, "so called from the Saxon Fearn, fern, and ham, a habitation or village—the village in the place overgrown with fern."

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(English), Ferns home. Farnsworth, Ferns farm.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

A location name in Essex, Hampshire, Surrey, Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Farnham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Farnham occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Farnham? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 52,955th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 754,561 people. Farnham is mostly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Farnham live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,321,957th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 56 people.

The last name Farnham is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 6,728 people, or 1 in 53,873. In The United States Farnham is most prevalent in: New York, where 9 percent live, Nevada, where 7 percent live and Massachusetts, where 5 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 36 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Farnham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Farnham has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 266 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 11,700 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 107 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Farnham Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Farnham last name is chiefly Catholic (86%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Farnham last name are 7.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.1% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Farnham earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.49% more than the national average, earning R 326,724 per year; in United States they earn 3.83% more than the national average, earning $44,802 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.8% more than the national average, earning $50,080 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fairnham934/
Farnhamm932/
Farnaham931/
Farneham930/
Fearnham930/
Farnam921,923/
Fearnhamm889/
Varnham86335/
Farnhan8617/
Farniam8610/
Fernham868/
Farnahm866/
Farhnam865/
Fornham863/
Farnaam863/
Fearnam860/
Fairnam860/
Farnnam860/
Farnaum860/
Farnhane800/
Farnahan800/
Farnheim800/
Farnan772,787/
Varnam77918/
Fernam7718/
Fornam772/
Farnom771/
Farnane71555/
Farnand71253/
Vernham7197/
Farnian7117/
Farnant717/
Fernaum713/
Farngan713/
Farnann712/
Fairnan711/
Farnean711/
Varnaum710/
Faurnan710/
Farnnan710/
Varnhan710/
Fearnan710/
Farrnan710/
Fernheim6711/
Fornasim674/
Pharnyam671/
Fourngam671/
Farnaind670/
Fornheim670/
Vournham670/
Fairnian670/

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Farnham Reference & Research

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