Westerham
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English westerne (“western”) + hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
Westerham (countable and uncountable, plural Westerhams)
- A small town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4454).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Westerham is the 351394th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 46 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Westerham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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