Buckenham

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Bucca + hām (“homestead”).[1]

Proper noun

Buckenham (countable and uncountable, plural Buckenhams)

  1. A small village in Strumpshaw parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3505)
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Buckenham is the 8651st most common surname in England, belonging to 728 individuals.

References

  1. ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.

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