Last Name DURHAM

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Meaning Local: Of Durham, the capital of the county of that name.
Local: from the town of Durham in England.
Local: According to Bailey, this word is derived from the Saxon 'Dun' and 'holm,' a town in a wood. It seems rather to come from the British 'Dour,' water, and 'holm,' land surrounded mostly by water. It may be derived from 'Doire,' which, in the British and Celtic, signifies a woody place, abounding in oaks; hence Doireholm or Dourham, that is, the place or town surrounded by woods.
Origin English, Scottish, Irish, Anglo-saxon, Guam

Rank 740 (2000 US census) 696 (1990 US census)
Count 42,365 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.5%, or 31986 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 20.74%, or 8787 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.32%, or 136 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.6%, or 254 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.54%, or 652 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.31%, or 555 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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