Last Name HOTHAM

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Meaning Local: Of Hotham, a parish in East Riding Yorks.
Assumed from the place of residence, Hotham in Yorkshire, probably derived from the Saxon word 'Hod,' a hood or covering, and 'ham,' a house, farm, or village, or a piece of ground near a house or village, both of which terms are applicable to the situation of Hotham. 'Houtham' signifies a place at or near a wood, from the Dutch 'Hout,' a wood.
Origin English, Irish, Anglo-saxon

Rank 55,376 (2000 US census)
Count 347 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97.69%, or 339 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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