Rolleston

From the Old Norse personal name Hrólfr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

• IPA^(key): /ɹɒləstən/

Rolleston (countable and uncountable, plural Rollestons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A small village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7300). ^[1]
   2. A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7452). ^[2]
   3. Ellipsis of Rolleston on Dove: a village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2327).
   4. A small town in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
   5. A town in Selwyn district, Canterbury, New Zealand. ^[3]
2. (countable) A habitational surname.

• Rolleston on Dove

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rolleston is the 143149^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 116 individuals. Rolleston is most common among White (100.0%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rolleston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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