Sparham

English

Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Spearr or Old Norse sparri (“wooden beam, rafter”) Old English hām (“homestead”).

Proper noun

Sparham (countable and uncountable, plural Sparhams)

1. A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0719).
2. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sparham is the 12264^th most common surname in England, belonging to 459 individuals.

Further reading

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