Frome Family History
Frome Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so called
from the rivers on which they stand, or simply a name for someone
living beside a river of this name, which is probably cognate with
Welsh ffraw ‘fair’, ‘fine’, ‘brisk’. Compare Frampton.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Frome Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Frome families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Frome families
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16 - 29 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Frome Family Origin
Frome Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Frome
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Frome Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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