Kilham Surname

674,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 443 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Kilham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kilham,' a parish in East Riding of Yorkshire, near Great Driffield; also a township in the parish of Kirk-Newton, Northumberland.

John de Kyllum, Yorkshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Kilham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1341:415,80628,295
United States1151:3,151,817182,069
Australia1111:243,20522,593
New Zealand421:107,81714,061
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1551:157,26013,677
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States911:551,85437,927

Kilham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kilham,' a parish in East Riding of Yorkshire, near Great Driffield; also a township in the parish of Kirk-Newton, Northumberland.

John de Kyllum, Yorkshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

1709. Married — Richard Marsh and Jane Kilham: Canterbury Cath.

1845. — Marmaduke Kelham and Julia Ann Christie: ibid.

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

Peter de Killum who witnessed a charter by Roger Maule and Godit, his spouse, to the church of St. Cuthbert of Carram, c. 1200 (SHSM., IV, p. 310), derived his name from Kilham in the parish of Kirk Newton, in Cumberland.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to 1 Kilham (Yorks), the Domesday Chillun, 13th cent. Kyllum, Killum [apparently for the dat. pl. (cýlum) of Old English cýle, (lit.) ‘cold,’ with (in parts of Yorks) the transferred sense of ‘a cold element’ as water (or wind: cp. Old Norse kyl-r, a cold wind); there are re­markable springs at Kilham] 2 Kilham (Northumberland) [prob. the same etymology as 1 rather than the second element being Old English ham(m, a piece of land, enclosure]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Kilham (kiln for drying brick), the name of places in Northumberland and Yorkshire.

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

A township in Northumberland, and a parish in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. A town in England, from Kil, as above, and ham, a house or town.

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

(English), Kilham and Killum (New England), Kiln home.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Kilham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kilham is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilham? popularity and diffusion

Kilham is the 674,066th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,450,442 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 35 percent of Kilham live; 35 percent live in Australasia and 35 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Kilham is most common in England, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 415,806. In England it is primarily found in: Norfolk, where 19 percent reside, West Sussex, where 19 percent reside and Lincolnshire, where 10 percent reside. Outside of England it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent reside and Australia, where 25 percent reside.

Kilham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kilham has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Kilham last name declined 14 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 126 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kilham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kilham are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kilham earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 660.93% more than the national average, earning R 1,808,260 per year; in United States they earn 15.37% more than the national average, earning $49,779 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.97% more than the national average, earning $58,112 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Koilham9236/
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Kiliam83117/
Kailam8362/
Khilam8313/
Kulham838/
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Cilham831/
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Khuilam7713/
Kiliame777/
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Quilham772/
Kithlam772/
Kieliam771/
Chilham771/
Khilaim771/
Khillam771/
Kailame771/
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Kitliam771/
Kheilam771/
Kelam733,075/
Kulam732,086/
Kilom7380/
Cilam7347/
Qilam732/
Khailiam714/
Kullaham711/
Kelleham710/
Cleham67225/
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Kullam6771/
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Kilome6739/
Cailam6723/
Kelame6721/
Keliam6720/
Kilyamova6717/
Kealam6715/
Khelam6714/
Kulhom679/
Kehlam674/
Kulamm673/
Kelyam672/
Kuhlam672/
Celham671/
Kaylam671/
Kjhlam671/
Hkulam671/
Kelatm671/
Kulaum671/
Quilam671/
Kuliam671/
Ciliam671/
Kuylam671/
Kelhom670/
Ceilam670/

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