Middleham Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Middleham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Middleham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England651:857,20145,134
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:641,45731,575
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Middleham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Middleham has its highest incidence in England. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Middleham? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,293,424th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Middleham live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 857,201. In England it is most numerous in: Cumbria, where 22 percent are found, West Midlands, where 18 percent are found and Kent, where 9 percent are found. Beside England it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Belarus, where 1 percent are found.

Middleham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Middleham has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 171 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Middelham8942/
Middlehane840/
Middlean820/
Midlam80220/
Moidlam751/
Middlejohn741/
Middleon714/
Medlam67396/
Midlan673/
Maidislam671/
Middleion671/

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Middleham Reference & Research

Medlam One-name Study - A profile of the Medlam surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Middleham
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