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Burnham

in Massachusetts

There are 767 people with the last name "Burnham" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Burnham 968
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  1. is 964th most common Crowell
  2. is 965th most common Dempsey
  3. is 966th most common Ohara
  4. is 967th most common Sutton
  5. is 968th most common Burnham
  6. is 969th most common Bonilla
  7. is 970th most common Ferrara
  8. is 971st most common Silveira
  9. is 972nd most common Brunelle

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burnham

Robert, David, John, William, Richard, James, Peter, Michael, Patricia, Ann

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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