Bingham
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English
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English Bynna (given name) + -ing + hām (“home, property”), or from Old Norse bingr (“stall, bed”) + hām.
Proper noun
Bingham (countable and uncountable, plural Binghams)
- A town and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK703343).
- A locale in the United States:
- A ghost town in Jeff Davis County, Georgia.
- A village in Fayette County, Illinois; named for Judge Horatio Bingham.
- A town in Somerset County, Maine; named for Pennsylvania statesman William Bingham.
- An unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
- A ghost town in Dillon County, South Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
- An English habitational surname for someone from the town in Nottinghamshire, or Melcombe Bingham in Dorset.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bingham is the 1360th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25941 individuals. Bingham is most common among White (82.0%) and Black/African American (12.7%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bingham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162.