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The Farnum family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1840 and 1920. The most Farnum families were found in USA in 1880. In 1840 there were 41 Farnum families living in New Hampshire. This was about 22% of all the recorded Farnum's in USA.
The origins of the Farnum name lie with England's ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It comes from when the family lived at Farnham, in several different counties including Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Essex, Suffolk, and the West Riding of Yorkshire. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
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Known for its Georgian streets, historic buildings and craft heritage, with easy access to the rural North Downs Way, Farnham is a historic market town nestled in the rolling Surrey Hills; offering visitors a chance to enjoy quintessential England, just an hour from the capital.
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Farnham is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around 36 miles (58 km) southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a tributary of the Thames, and is at the western end of the North Downs.
Farnum is a variant form of the English name Farnham. See also the related category english. Farnum is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.