Last name: BRIGHAM
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BRIGHAM : This last name is indexed 54,311 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BRIGHAM : English: habitational name from either of two places in East Yorkshire and Cumberland named Brigham or from Bridgham in Norfolk all of which are from Old English brycg ‘bridge’ + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.
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