Worsham
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- (surname): Wisham
Etymology
[edit]From the Old English personal name Wulfmǣr + -s- + hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
[edit]Worsham (countable and uncountable, plural Worshams)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A hamlet in Asthal parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2910).
- An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Worsham is the 6091st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5631 individuals. Worsham is most common among White (79.74%) and Black/African American (14.47%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Worsham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Oxfordshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Oxfordshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English