Last Name HAM

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Meaning	The son of Hamo, from nickname Hamme. ALso, local, 'of the ham.' 'Ham' means a home, a dwelling. Also 'of Ham,' parishes in the dioceses of Canterbury, Salisbury, Rochester, etc. The original meaning is the same. Local: A house, borough, or village, the termination of many names of places in England; German, 'hem,' a home.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Korean, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian, Indonesian

Rank	2,103 (2000 US census)	1,617 (1990 US census)

Count	15,843 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

69.72%, or 11046 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
11.72%, or 1857 total occurrences, as black,
14.11%, or 2235 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.44%, or 70 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.62%, or 257 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.39%, or 379 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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