Pelham Family History
Pelham Name Meaning
English (mainly Sussex): habitational name from Pelham in
Hertfordshire, so called from the Old English personal name
Peotla + Old English ham ‘homestead’.
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Name Distribution of Pelham Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pelham families
 34 - 66  12 - 33 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pelham families
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68 - 133 23 - 67 |
1 - 22 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Pelham Family Origin
Pelham Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Pelham
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Pelham Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Pelham Civil War Service Records
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