Holcombe
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English holh (“hollow”) + cumb (“combe, narrow valley”).
Proper noun[edit]
Holcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Holcombes)
- A hamlet in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY3193).
- A village in Dawlish parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9574).
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7816).
- A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6749).
- A census-designated place in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Holcombe is the 4390th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8103 individuals. Holcombe is most common among White (85.81%) and Black/African American (10.54%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Holcombe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Devon, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Devon, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Greater Manchester, England
- en:Places in Greater Manchester, England
- en:Villages in Somerset, England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Somerset, England
- en:Census-designated places in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English