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POPHAM

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There are approximately 1,460 people named Popham in the UK. That makes it the 5,638th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 23 are named Popham.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Popham surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

POPHAM. " The first nobililating of the Pophams, as it is saide, was by Matilda Emperes, doughter to Henry the firste, and by Henry II., her suniie." Leland's Itinerary. The name is local, from Popham in Hampshire, where, as Mr. Shirley affirms, an ancestor, Gilbert de Popham, lived in the reign of King John ; and there the elder line continued till 17 Henry VI. The Somersetshire Pophams branched out of the Hampshire family, so early as temp. Edward I. The Wiltshire branch is much lower on the tree, having sprung from the parent stock temp. Elizabeth. Noble and Gentle Men of England, p. 206.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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