Ham vs Read

Ham

name
  • A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2373) 

  • A surname. 

  • A hamlet in Kent, England. 

  • A suburban area in borough of Richmond upon Thames and borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1771). 

  • A small village and civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, south of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3363). 

  • Two districts (East Ham and West Ham) in borough of Newham, Greater London. 

  • A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem. 

Read

name
  • A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7634). 

  • A township in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. 

  • An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. 

  • A surname from Old English, a less common spelling variant of Reid. 

  • A township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. 

  • A male given name transferred from the surname. 

How often have the words Ham and Read occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )