MOSSOM
Mossom
Mossom is a surname of English origin, believed to be locational, deriving either from Moss-Holme, a farm in Cumbria, or from Mossam, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The name is first recorded in the early 17th century in Yorkshire.
The Mossom family has historical connections to the county of Yorkshire, particularly the North Riding. The name has spread throughout England and beyond through migration and emigration.
Notable individuals bearing the surname Mossom include Sir John Mossom (1601-1665), an English lawyer and politician who served as the Attorney-General of Jamaica, and Captain George Vancouver Mossom (1762-1843), a British naval officer and explorer who surveyed and explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
The Mossom surname is relatively rare, adding to its distinctive quality and historically rooted identity within England. Today, individuals with the surname Mossom can be found around the world, keeping alive the legacy and heritage of this English surname.
There are approximately 133 people named Mossom in the UK. That makes it one of Britain's least common surnames. Only around two in a million people in Britain are named Mossom.
Typical given names associated with the surname
Male
- Christopher
- David
- John
- Michael
- Paul
- Peter
- Robert
- Stephen
- Stuart
- William
Female
- Angela
- Catherine
- Hannah
- Jacqueline
- Julie
- Kathryn
- Lucy
- Margaret
- Rachel
- Sarah
Similar and related surnames
- Masim
- Masom
- Masomi
- Masoom
- Masoumi
- Massam
- Massimi
- Massimo
- Massom
- Massomi
- Massoumi
- Massum
- Massumi
- Masum
- Masumi
- Measam
- Measom
- Meesam
- Meesom
- Mesaum
- Messam
- Messem
- Messom
- Messum
- Mewsome
- Misom
- Misumi
- Moazam
- Moazami
- Moazzam
- Moazzami
- Mosam
- Moscom
- Moscon
- Mosima
- Moson
- Mossam
- Mossen
- Mosson
- Mossop
- Mousumi
- Moxsom
- Mozam
- Msomi
- Muazam
- Muazzam
- Mussom
- Mussum
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