Barnhill
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English bearn (“barn”) + hyll (“hill”).
Proper noun
[edit]Barnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Barnhills)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A hamlet in Broxton parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4854). [1]
- A suburb of Broughty Ferry, Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4831).
- An eastern suburb of Perth, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1222) [2]
- A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Barnhill is the 3940th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9040 individuals. Barnhill is most common among White (83.51%) and Black/African American (11.73%) individuals.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barnhill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 103.
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Cheshire, England
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- en:Suburbs in the City of Dundee, Scotland
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- en:Suburbs in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- en:Places in Perth
- en:Places in Western Australia
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- en:Villages in Ohio, USA
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- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English