The burnham Surname

burnham Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of several places called Burnham. Those in Buckinghamshire (Burnham Beeches), Norfolk (various villages), and Essex (Burnham-on-Crouch) are named with Old English burna ‘stream’ + ham ‘homestead’. In the case of Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, however, the second element is Old English hamm ‘water meadow’, while Burnham in Lincolnshire is named from brunnum, dative plural of Old Norse brunnr ‘spring’, originally used after a preposition, i.e. ‘(at) the springs’.

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The burnham name in History

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Distribution of burnham Families in the US in 1920

Number of burnham families

252-502

85-251

1-84

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Thread	Author	Replies
BURNHAM Robert L 1913-1961	t42Moore	0
BURNHAM Mary A and Hoyt D	t42Moore	0
BURNHAM David C 1952-1979	t42Moore	0
Seeking information Re: Eugene Clarmore and Lemuel Burnham	Champlain99	3
seeking parents of Abraham Burnham, born in Indiana in 1817	wyo_cowgirl	6
Mississippi Burnhams	fsu90	1
burnham nalson tree	petrie34	0
Elizabeth Burnham	vickyhaz	0
Colonel Richard E. Burnham	Sara Harris	15
Myra L. Burnham of Port Arthur, TX 1917	drbrownlee	1

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