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)

1. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0324).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Foulsham is the 15799^th 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, page 594.