Hungerford

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English

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Etymology

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From Old English hungor (hunger, famine) + ford (ford), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.

Proper noun

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Hungerford (countable and uncountable, plural Hungerfords)

  1. A placename:
    1. A place in England:
      1. A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368). [1]
      2. A hamlet in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8274). [2]
      3. A hamlet in Hyde parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612). [3]
      4. A hamlet in Munslow parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5389). [4]
      5. A hamlet in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0440). [5]
    2. A settlement in Tweed municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. A township in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.
    4. A census-designated place in Wharton County, Texas, United States, named after Daniel E. Hungerford.
    5. A small town on the NSW border in the Shire of Bulloo, south-west Queensland, Australia, named after Thomas Hungerford.
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hungerford is the 9830th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3294 individuals. Hungerford is most common among White (91.32%) individuals.

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