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The PELHAM surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,175 9406 0.001 12
United States (1880 census) 749 6952 0.001 15
Change since 1880 +2426 -2454 0 -3
Other Countries
Australia 197 7675 0.001 12
United Kingdom 585 7949 0.001 13
Top States for PELHAM by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 542 3858 0.003 34
Texas 332 6071 0.002 16
Alabama 215 2918 0.005 48
Tennessee 199 3742 0.003 35
California 185 13657 0.001 5
Top States for PELHAM by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 215 2918 0.005 48
Washington DC 21 2839 0.004 37
Tennessee 199 3742 0.003 35
Florida 542 3858 0.003 34
Georgia 185 4521 0.002 23

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called PELHAM live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called PELHAM represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called PELHAM in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a PELHAM by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of PELHAM

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the PELHAM surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the PELHAM surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of PELHAM in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 514 16.19
White (Hispanic) 56 1.76
Mixed Race 42 1.32
Asian/Pacific 14 0.44
Native American/Alaskan 8 0.25
White (Caucasian) 2,541 80.03

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the PELHAM surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of PELHAM in historical publications

(origin: Local) From the lordship of Pelham, in Hertfordshire, England, either from peele, a tower, castle, or from pool, a small lake, and ham, a village.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to PELHAM

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as PELHAM.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for PELHAM

The following words are slight variants of PELHAM that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.