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Habitational surname from the village of Alvingham, in Lincolnshire, which is from the Old English personal name Ælfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Habitational surname from the village of Alvingham, in Lincolnshire, which is from the Old English personal name Ælfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.