Perham Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Search old registers for Perham and you will soon meet Parham too. Its meaning, shared with Parham, is “Pear homestead”. Only a small detail separates the spellings: Perham has “e” where Parham has “a”. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Perham surname had 1,258 bearers.

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