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[Surname] Re: Dunham
The placename Dunham is from dun 'hill' and ham 'homestead'.
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English, from one or more locations of the name; Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire. The last of these is called Dunham-on-the-Hill.
I agree with M. Lepic on the meaning.
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