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Oldham

in the US

There are 11,328 people with the last name "Oldham" in the United States.

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Oldham 2,459
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  1. is 2,455th most common Snodgrass
  2. is 2,456th most common Dowdy
  3. is 2,457th most common Yancey
  4. is 2,458th most common Girard
  5. is 2,459th most common Oldham
  6. is 2,460th most common Bearden
  7. is 2,461st most common Briscoe
  8. is 2,462nd most common Wendt
  9. is 2,463rd most common Hairston

Similar Names and Nicknames

Oldani, Oldhan, Oldano, Olshan, Oldan, Oldam, Olsan, Oldanie, Oldhouser, Olgan

Most Common First Names for Oldham

James, John, Robert, William, David, Michael, Mary, Charles, Richard, Donald

Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. habitational name from the place in Lancashire, so named from Middle English ald, old ‘old’+ holm ‘island’, ‘dry land in a fen’, ‘promontory’.
  • 2. topographic name from Old English (e)ald ‘old’ + hamm ‘water meadow’, ‘low-lying land by a river’.

    • FOREBEARS Colonist and trader John Oldham was born in Lancashire, England, in about 1600 and emigrated to America in 1623, arriving at Plymouth, MA, in July on the ship Anne.

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