Pelham
See also: pelham
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Old English personal name Pēotla + hām (“homestead”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPelham (countable and uncountable, plural Pelhams)
- A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP108368).
- A city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States.
- A city in Mitchell County, Georgia, United States.
- A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
- A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.
- A town in Westchester County, New York, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States.
- A census-designated place in Grundy County, Tennessee, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pelham is the 9854th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3282 individuals. Pelham is most common among White (76.2%) and Black/African American (17.09%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pelham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
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- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Suburbs in the West Midlands, England
- en:Places in Birmingham
- en:Places in the West Midlands, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Cities in Alabama, USA
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- en:Places in Alabama, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Georgia, USA
- en:Places in Georgia, USA
- en:Towns in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Towns in New Hampshire, USA
- en:Places in New Hampshire, USA
- en:Towns in New York, USA
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in North Carolina, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in North Carolina, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Tennessee, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Tennessee, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English