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borum Name Meaning and History

  1. Danish: habitational name from any of several places whose name means ‘dwelling place on the edge’.
  2. English: probably a variant of Boreham, habitational name from a place in Essex, probably named with Old English bor (unattested) ‘hill’ + ham ‘homestead’, or from Boreham Street in Sussex, or Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, which has the same etymology.

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borum Family Facts

Distribution of borum Families in the US in 1920
Number of borum families
 25-47
 9-24		 1-8
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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William Borum gullebo1 0
borums from DENMARK joaniekoontz 0
Borums of Gloucester County,Virginia 1650 to 1810 Pat Everton 2
Borum Glenna McCause 1
borums around the world pinefoxrevolution 1
Elizabeth Borum, Buffalo NY 1860; Chicago, IL 1864 @@emhosdil@1st.net 1
Francis Gill mvaughn 0
Borum & Bell Family bellen2 0
John Borum>Edmond/Edward>Richard DrCary 2
Tony or Mike Borum where are you ?????? patsyreeder 1
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