Rackham

English

Etymology

From Old English hrēac (“stack, pile of stones”) + hām (“homestead”).

Proper noun

Rackham (countable and uncountable, plural Rackhams)

1. A hamlet in Parham parish, Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ048841).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rackham is the 37899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 586 individuals. Rackham is most common among White (97.1%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rackham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.