Bircham

== English == === Etymology === From Old English bierċe (“birch”) + hām (“homestead; village”). === Proper noun === Bircham (countable and uncountable, plural Birchams) A civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England. A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada. A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bircham is the 10582nd most common surname in England, belonging to 556 individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bircham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162.