Pakenham
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Peckenham
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Pacca + hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
Pakenham (countable and uncountable, plural Pakenhams)
- A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL924673).
- A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pakenham is the 103181st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 174 individuals. Pakenham is most common among White (95.98%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pakenham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.