Inkpen

English

Etymology

From an unrecorded Old English element *ing (“hill, peak”), which has been postulated to explain a number of placenames such as Ingon or Ingham, + penn (“enclosure; fold”). The second element may alternatively be Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head; top, height”), but that's less likely.

Proper noun

Inkpen (countable and uncountable, plural Inkpens)

1. A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3764).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Inkpen is the 132206^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 128 individuals. Inkpen is most common among White (92.19%) individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Inkpen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230.