Yeldham
English
Etymology
Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Yeldham, probably a compound of Old English gield (“tax, payment”) + hām (“homestead”).
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Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Yeldham is the 17040th most common surname in England, belonging to 289 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yeldham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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