Foulsham
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English fugol (“bird”) + -s- + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).
Proper noun
editFoulsham (countable and uncountable, plural Foulshams)
- A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0324).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Foulsham is the 15799th most common surname in England, belonging to 323 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Foulsham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 594.