Elam Family History
Elam Name Meaning
English: habitational name for someone from a place called Elham,
in Kent, or a lost place of this name in Crayford, Kent. The first is
derived from Old English ?l ‘eel’ + ham
‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’. There is
also an Elam Grange in Bingley, West Yorkshire, but the current
distribution of the name in the British Isles suggests that it did not
contribute significantly to the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Elam
Name Distribution of Elam Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Elam families
 91 - 179  31 - 90 |
 1 - 30  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Elam families
|
72 - 141 25 - 71 |
1 - 24 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Elam families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Elam Family Origin
Elam Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Elam
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Elam Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Elam census records
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Elam Civil War Service Records
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