Hambleton

English

Etymology

From Old English hamel (“crooked (hill)”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Hambleton (countable and uncountable, plural Hambletons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A local government district of North Yorkshire, England.
   2. A village and civil parish in Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3742).
   3. A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5530).
   4. A village and civil parish in Rutland, England, on a peninsula in Rutland Water (OS grid ref SK9007). The village is also known as Upper Hambleton, the name used on OS maps.
   5. A small town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hambleton is the 17229^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1644 individuals. Hambleton is most common among White (92.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hambleton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120.