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• Pham Origin and Immigration
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• Name History and Origin for Pham
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• Pham Surname Distribution
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  • Distribution of Pham Families in the US in 1840
  • Distribution of Pham Families in the US in 1880
  • Distribution of Pham Families in the US in 1920
  • Distribution of Pham Families in England and Wales in 1891

Origin of Pham Total Records: 3  Origin of Pham, Meaning of Pham Origin: looking for others linked to POPHAMs from the state of Georgia in the USA. I currently can go back to the mid-1800s. Surnames: Popham Submitted by: Eric Popham Origin of Pham, Meaning of Pham Origin: Lapham meaning 'Lap' and 'Ham' is said to have derived from East Anglia in the UK. Lap is supposedly from Loppa, a man of the forest or tree cutter. Whilst Ham means homestead or place of dwelling. Yet there is also some debate that it derives from the welsh meaning for stone. Surnames: lapham Submitted by: james Origin of Pham, Meaning of Pham Origin: Here is another origin of the name 'Lapham'. It comes from Bertha Bortle Beal Aldrich's book 'Laphams in America, 13,000 Descendants', page 11. "The word Lapham means 'hearthstone or home stone' and is taken from the word lapis, stone and ham or helm, meaning home. Some of the Laphams lived in Norfolk, England and it is said that in earlier times the family flourished in Scotland and Wales." Surnames: Lapham Submitted by: D. Bruce Lapham, Jr. 2/17/2012 10:41 AM Page 1 of 1

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