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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Lancashire) : habitational name from any of the many places in England so called, of which the most likely source for present-day bearers is that near Burnley. The place name is from Old English hēah ‘high’ + hām ‘homestead’.

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