About Rockingham
The surname Rockingham is of English origin and is derived from a place name. It refers to someone who hailed from Rockingham, a village in Northamptonshire, England. The name itself is composed of the Old English elements "hroc," meaning "rook" (a type of bird), and "ing," indicating "people of" or "descendants of." Therefore, Rockingham can be interpreted to mean "the settlement of the descendants of Hroc."
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The surname Rockingham is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:
Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Rockingham based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.
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Here's how to represent Rockingham in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Rockingham using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.