Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
PECKHAM
There are approximately 2,142 people named Peckham in the UK. That makes it the 4,253rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 34 are named Peckham.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Location or Geographical Feature
Related and similar surnames
PackhamPeackham
Peckhamm
Peakham
Peckhem
Paickham
Peckhams
Packhamm
Pakham
Packsham
Packhem
Paakham
Peckhum
Peckhom
Peckha
Peckhan
Pckham
Peckam
Peckhane
Peckhain
Peckhamjr
The Peckham surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
PECKHAM. The ancient family so called, derived their name from the parish of Peckham in Kent. There are armorial grounds for supposing that they sprang from the family of St. Nicholas, as the latter are presumed to have done from the Norman De Says. See Curios, of Heraldi-y, p. 300. Archbishop Peckham, who died in 1272, may be regarded as the founder of the fortunes of a family which ramified very widely, especially in Kent and Sussex. Tlie member of it who made a deposition in the celebrated Scrope and Grosvenor controversy, wrote himself James du Pecham. Roll, vol. ii. p. 435. Peccam is an older, and Packham a more recent, spelling.