Fordham
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English ford + either hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“promontory”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Fordham
- A surname.
- A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6370). [1]
- A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9228). [2]
- A hamlet and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL6199). [3]
- A neighbourhood in the western Bronx, New York City, New York, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A ghost town in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States.
Translations
[edit]surname
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fordham is the 6,930th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4,838 individuals. Fordham is most common among White (67.30%) and Black (27.57%) individuals.
References
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Villages in Cambridgeshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Cambridgeshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Essex, England
- en:Places in Essex, England
- en:Villages in Norfolk, England
- en:Places in Norfolk, England
- en:Neighborhoods in New York, USA
- en:Places in New York City
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Ghost towns in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Places in Wisconsin, USA