Packham Surname

93,509th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Packham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pakenham,' a parish in Suffolk, near Bury St. Edmunds. Very early corrupted to Packham. Several variants of the name seem peculiar to the United States.

John de Pakeham, Norfolk, 1273.

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Packham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,9111:19,1412,738
United States7441:487,17641,154
Australia7071:38,1834,965
Canada3151:116,97012,402
South Africa861:629,97347,084
Wales831:37,2843,678
New Zealand661:68,61110,369
Scotland421:127,4727,985
Ireland411:114,8525,857
Guernsey221:2,929767
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Northern Ireland121:153,7538,250
France91:7,380,302306,885
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4411:16,9162,464
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1441:348,74126,729

Packham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pakenham,' a parish in Suffolk, near Bury St. Edmunds. Very early corrupted to Packham. Several variants of the name seem peculiar to the United States.

John de Pakeham, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William de Pakenham, Norfolk, ibid.

William de Pakeham, or Pakenham, Suffolk: ibid.

Thomas de Pakeham, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

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

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Peckham,' two parishes in Kent The variation was a natural and easy one. For a second derivation of Packham, v. Pakenham.

1575- George Peckam, Buckinghamshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1588. Henry Peccam, Sussex: ibid.

1808. Married — William Hale and Sarah Packham: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Packham = Pæcca’s Home or Estate. [Anglo-Saxon *Pæcca(n-hám: v. under Pack(e (English), and + Old English hám]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A corruption of Peckham.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The ancient family so called, derived their name from the parish of Peckham in Kent. There are armorial grounds for supposing that they sprang from the family of St. Nicholas, as the latter are presumed to have done from the Norman De Says. See Curios, of Heraldry, p. 300. Archbishop Peckham, who died in 1272, may be regarded as the founder of the fortunes of a family which ramified very widely, especially in Kent and Sussex. The member of it who made a deposition in the celebrated Scrope and Grosvenor controversy, wrote himself James du Pecham. Roll, vol. ii. p. 435. Peccam is an older, and Packham a more recent, spelling.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Devon.

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

Packham is also an old Kentish name, and is evidently derived from the Kentish parish of Peckham.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Packham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Packham is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Packham? popularity and diffusion

It is the 93,509th most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,428,370 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Packham are found; 61 percent are found in Northern Europe and 61 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Packham is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 2,911 people, or 1 in 19,141. In England it is most prevalent in: Kent, where 13 percent are found, East Sussex, where 13 percent are found and West Sussex, where 12 percent are found. Apart from England Packham exists in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.

Packham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Packham has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Packham last name grew 202 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 517 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 8,300 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 342 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Packham Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Packham surname are 21.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.42% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Packham earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.79% more than the national average, earning R 422,508 per year; in United States they earn 13.57% more than the national average, earning $49,006 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.94% more than the national average, earning $52,137 CAD per year.

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