Last Name LATHAM

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Meaning Local: Of Lathom, a chapelry in the parish of Ormskirk, county Lancashire. The surname has ramified very strongly and spread far and wide, probbaly, from 'lade' or 'lathe,' a barn. A distinguished family took their name from this place. In Yorkshire this surname took the form of Leatham and Leathom, unless it had a separate local origin. But the meaning is the same, as 'leath' is found to be a Yorkshire form of 'lade' or 'lather' mentioned above; literally, therefore, 'the barn-house.'
Origin English, Irish, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank 1,572 (2000 US census) 1,256 (1990 US census)
Count 20,935 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 80.89%, or 16934 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 15.34%, or 3211 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.4%, or 84 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.63%, or 132 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.47%, or 308 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.28%, or 268 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Russian middle names

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English surnames

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Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

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