Harcombe
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Habitational surname from two minor places in Devon, from Old English hara (“hare”) + cumb (“valley”).
Proper noun
Harcombe (plural Harcombes)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Harcombe is the 15135th most common surname in England, belonging to 344 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Harcombe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129.
- Forebears