Boreham

English

Etymology

From Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).

Proper noun

Boreham (countable and uncountable, plural Borehams)

1. A village and civil parish in the city of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7509).
2. A former hamlet, now a suburb of Warminster, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8844).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Boreham is the 109258^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 162 individuals. Boreham is most common among White (93.83%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boreham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196.