Latham Family History
Latham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the various places in
northern England named with the dative plural form (used originally
after a preposition) of Old Norse hlaða ‘barn’ (dative
plural hloðum, i.e. ‘at the barns’), as for example
Latham in West Yorkshire, Lathom in Lancashire, and Laytham in East
Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Latham
Name Distribution of Latham Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Latham families
 120 - 238  41 - 119 |
 1 - 40  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Latham families
|
1,091 - 2,179 364 - 1,090 |
1 - 363 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Latham families
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12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Latham Family Origin
Latham Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Latham
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Latham Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Latham Civil War Service Records
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