Bircham
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English
Etymology
From Old English bierċe (“birch”) + hām (“homestead; village”).
Proper noun
Bircham (countable and uncountable, plural Birchams)
- A civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.
- A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bircham is the 10582nd most common surname in England, belonging to 556 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bircham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162.