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 last name ten Ham is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

ten Ham is the 953,750th most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. ten Ham occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of ten Ham are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 264 people, or 1 in 63,967. In The Netherlands ten Ham is most common in: Utrecht, where 33 percent reside, Gelderland, where 32 percent reside and South Holland, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs 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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