Last name: ELAM
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ELAM : This last name is indexed 24,978 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
ELAM : English: habitational name from Elam Grange in Bingley (Yorkshire). It is possible that some instances of the modern surname are from Elham in Kent or a lost place called Elham in Crayford (Kent) but the strong association with Yorkshire militates against this. Elam Grange probably means ‘river pool’ from Old English ēa ‘river’ + lum(m) ‘pool’.
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