Westerham

English

Alternative forms

• Westrum

Etymology

From Old English westerne (“western”) + hām (“homestead”).

Proper noun

Westerham (countable and uncountable, plural Westerhams)

1. A small town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4454).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Westerham is the 351394^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 46 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Westerham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.