Last Name FORTNUM

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Meaning	Local: Of Frettenham, a parish in county Norfolk. This last name on the face of it is local with suffix '-ham,' just as Burnum stands for Barnham, or Swetnam for Swetenham. Nevertheless the surname nelongs to county Oxford, and its ancestor is Nicholas Fortanon, 1273.

Origin	English

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