Eastham
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See also: East Ham
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Easom
Etymology
From Old English ēast (“east”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“river meadow”).
Proper noun
Eastham (countable and uncountable, plural Easthams)
- A placename
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ358805).
- 1959 October, Norman Jones, “The Manchester Ship Canal Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 488:
- At Ellesmere Port the railway ends, but the canal continues a little farther to Eastham, giving shipping an outlet to the River Mersey.
- A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6568).
- A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ358805).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Eastham is the 13456th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2263 individuals. Eastham is most common among White (93.02%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eastham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 508.