Farnham Family History
Farnham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so called.
Most, including those in Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Essex, Suffolk,
Surrey, and West Yorkshire, are named from Old English fearn
‘fern’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in
by water’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Farnham
Name Distribution of Farnham Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Farnham families
 78 - 153  27 - 77 |
 1 - 26  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Farnham families
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85 - 168 29 - 84 |
1 - 28 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Farnham families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Farnham census records
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Farnham Family Origin
Farnham Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Farnham
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Farnham Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Farnham census records
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Farnham Civil War Service Records
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