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Burnham

in Maine

There are 591 people with the last name "Burnham" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Burnham 304
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  1. is 300th most common Parsons
  2. is 301st most common Lynch
  3. is 302nd most common Doyle
  4. is 303rd most common Leach
  5. is 304th most common Burnham
  6. is 305th most common Bowden
  7. is 306th most common Donovan
  8. is 307th most common Potter
  9. is 308th most common Holt

Similar Names and Nicknames

Burns, Burnett, Burnette, Burney, Burnside, Berman, Burnell, Barnum, Burnes, Burner

Most Common First Names for Burnham

David, Robert, Richard, Michael, William, Bruce, Patricia, Jeffrey, John

Meaning & History

English: habitational name from any of several places called Burnham. Those in Buckinghamshire (Burnham Beeches), Norfolk (various villages), and Essex (Burnham-on-Crouch) are named with Old English burna ‘stream’ + hām ‘homestead’. In the case of Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, however, the second element is Old English hamm ‘water meadow’, while Burnham in Lincolnshire is named from brunnum, dative plural of Old Norse brunnr ‘spring’, originally used after a preposition, i.e. ‘(at) the springs’.

FOREBEARS In 1635 Robert Burnham and his two brothers came from England to Ipswich, MA, after their ship was wrecked on the coast of Maine. In the mid 18th century John Burnham and his son, also called John, were among the early settlers in what became the state of VT. In 1785, the younger John Burnham established himself at Middletown, CT.

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