Foulsham
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Folsom, Folson, Fulgham, Fulghum
Etymology
From Old English fugol (“bird”) + -s- + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).
Proper noun
Foulsham (countable and uncountable, plural Foulshams)
- A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0324).
- A habitational surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Foulsham is the 15799th most common surname in England, belonging to 323 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Foulsham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN