ten Ham Surname

953,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

ten Ham Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), at the Enclosure. Ham signified anciently a place surrounded by willows, or where rushes grow; also land planted with wicker between a dike and river. (variant: von Hamme.)

ten Ham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2641:63,96710,998
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

ten Ham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), at the Enclosure. Ham signified anciently a place surrounded by willows, or where rushes grow; also land planted with wicker between a dike and river. (variant: von Hamme.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

ten Ham Last Name Facts

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

The surname ten Ham is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of ten Ham.

How Common Is The Last Name ten Ham? popularity and diffusion

It is the 953,750th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 26,596,883 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of ten Ham reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name ten Ham is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 264 people, or 1 in 63,967. In The Netherlands ten Ham is mostly concentrated in: Utrecht, where 33 percent reside, Gelderland, where 32 percent reside and South Holland, where 14 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Aruba, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
ten Hamm9311/
Ten-Ham861/
ten Chan801/
ten Chang751/
ten Ang711/
ten Hong672/
ten Chon671/
ten Jean671/
ten Choon636/
ten Chong631/
ten On621/
ten Houten5960/
Ten-Gan5787/

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