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peckham Name Meaning and History

Southern English: habitational name from Peckham in London or East or West Peckham in Kent, all named with Old English peac ‘hill’ + ham ‘homestead’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The peckham name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the peckham family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of peckham Families in the US in 1920
Number of peckham families
 97-192
 33-96		 1-32
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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