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The POPHAM surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,171 12955 0.001 8
United States (1880 census) 321 13587 0.001 6
Change since 1880 +1850 +632 0 +2
Other Countries
Australia 73 18716 0 4
United Kingdom 705 6879 0.002 15
Top States for POPHAM by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 355 2917 0.004 43
Texas 316 6722 0.002 15
Kentucky 208 2715 0.005 51
Florida 114 16648 0.001 7
California 83 29594 0.000 2
Top States for POPHAM by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
South Dakota 58 2263 0.008 77
Kentucky 208 2715 0.005 51
Georgia 355 2917 0.004 43
Montana 22 7460 0.002 24
Delaware 15 9672 0.002 19

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

Classification and Origin of POPHAM

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 POPHAM 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 POPHAM 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 POPHAM in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 26 1.2
Mixed Race 25 1.15
Asian/Pacific 13 0.6
White (Caucasian) 2,103 96.87
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of POPHAM in historical publications

POPHAM. " The first nobililating of the Pophams, as it is saide, was by Matilda Emperes, doughter to Henry the firste, and by Henry II., her suniie." Leland's Itinerary. The name is local, from Popham in Hampshire, where, as Mr. Shirley affirms, an ancestor, Gilbert de Popham, lived in the reign of King John ; and there the elder line continued till 17 Henry VI. The Somersetshire Pophams branched out of the Hampshire family, so early as temp. Edward I. The Wiltshire branch is much lower on the tree, having sprung from the parent stock temp. Elizabeth. Noble and Gentle Men of England, p. 206.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to POPHAM

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as POPHAM.

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 POPHAM

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