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Meaning

  • English: habitational name from any of the various places in northern England named with the dative plural form (used originally after a preposition) of Old Norse hlaða ‘barn’ (dative plural hloðum, i.e. ‘at the barns’), as for example Latham in West Yorkshire, Lathom in Lancashire, and Laytham in East Yorkshire.[1]

Geni.com Stats

As of 5/15/2006 there are 307 profiles on Geni.com with the surname Latham in the profile.[2]

References

  1. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
  2. Latham Geni Search Results http://www.geni.com/last-name/latham
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