Grafham

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Graffam

Etymology

From Old English grāf (“grove, copse”) + hām (“homestead”).

Proper noun

Grafham (countable and uncountable, plural Grafhams)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1669).
   2. A hamlet in Bramley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0241).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Grafham is the 27485^th most common surname in England, belonging to 140 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grafham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 74.
• Forebears