Kirkham is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kirkham
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: From Kirk, a church, and ham, a village. The name of a small town in England, whence the surname originated

How popular is Kirkham?

Kirkham is common in Canada.

Kirkham is ranked 30457 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kirkham bearers increased by 4.780066 per cent in 2010 US census to 4121 since 2000, the surname slipped by 238 spots and ranked at 8032. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.87 95.09
Hispanic or Latino 2.55 1.37
Black 2.14 1.73
Others 1.33 0.79
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.8 0.58
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.32 0.43
Kirkham is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 16502 people have been found who wears Kirkham as their family name. Kirkham is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,005 Cayman Islands7
13,220 Thailand6
46,068 Philippines3
14,078 Japan3
3,014 Taiwan2
40,064 Nigeria2
147,165 Czech Republic2
13,552 Qatar2
40,256 Mexico2
118,441 Germany2
897,276 Russia1
8,181 Botswana1
8,268 Mauritius1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
353 Cook Islands1
24,771 Colombia1
91,024 Belgium1
1,704,541 India1
31,584 Peru1
42,479 Greece1
153,416 Italy1
7,895 South Korea1
21,562 Portugal1
81,201 Switzerland1
4,435 Togo1
47,891 Norway1
7,292 Vietnam1
2,024 Mongolia1
6,212 Jamaica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
44,472 Spain46
26,164 Sweden36
49,393 Netherlands35
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,257 Hong Kong71
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
3,129 Northern Ireland60
192 Isle of Man55
Countries with hundreds of Kirkham:
12,715 South Africa493
2,702 New Zealand282
2,488 Scotland276
1,467 Wales271
9,201 Malaysia202
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Kirkham:
1,226 England6,351
7,273 United States5,220
2,286 Australia1,361
3,620 Canada1,281
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Martin Kirkham worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 40 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on January 25, 1849. James Kirkham, aged 23, 22 years old James Kirkham, 27 years old James Kirkham, U Kirkham, aged 24, Frederick Kirkham, aged 2, Mary Kirkham (Born at sea) Infant, Elizabeth Kirkham (50) Immigrant, Sarah Kirkham (6), Thomas Kirkham, aged 30, and 4 other Kirkham around 33.33% of whom were workman while others worked as mechanic and spinner, bonnet maker/ hatter migrated to US.

Kirkham Namesakes

  • John Kirkham, Soccer player
  • Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham, Businessman
  • Kathleen Kirkham, Film actress
  • Damon Kirkham, Musical Artist
  • Virgil Raymond Drexel Kirkham, Author
  • Kathleen Kirkham, Film actress
  • Fred Kirkham, Judge
  • John Kirkham, Bishop of Sherborne
  • John Kirkham, Bishop of Sherborne
  • Francis W. Kirkham, Author
  • William Kirkham, from 2015 action and fantasy film Angels Apocalypse, who portrayed Lucifer.
  • In 2012 drama and music flick, Swan Lake, Steve Kirkham characterized The Private Secretary.
  • In 2009 comedy flick, Mythical Creatures, Cyle Kirkham portrayed Bubba Grigio.

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