Densham
English
editEtymology
editProbably a habitational surname from a minor place in Woolfardisworthy, Devon, recorded as Denewoldesham in the XIII century, named with the Old English personal name Deneweald + -s- + hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
editDensham (plural Denshams)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Densham is the 11511th most common surname in England, belonging to 499 individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Densham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 442.
- Forebears