Grafham
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Graffam
Etymology
From Old English grāf (“grove, copse”) + hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
Grafham (countable and uncountable, plural Grafhams)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1669).
- A hamlet in Bramley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0241).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Grafham is the 27485th most common surname in England, belonging to 140 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grafham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 74.
- Forebears