Bucknell
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- (surname): Bucknill
Etymology
[edit]From the genitive form of either the Old English personal name Bucca or bucca (“he-goat”) + hyll (“hill”).
Proper noun
[edit]Bucknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bucknells)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5625). [1]
- A village and civil parish in southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3574). [2]
- A former settlement in Mendocino County, California, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
- Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, named after William Bucknell.
Derived terms
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[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bucknell is the 47356th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 448 individuals. Bucknell is most common among White (91.96%) individuals.
References
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bucknell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Oxfordshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of Oxfordshire, England
- en:Places in Oxfordshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Shropshire, England
- en:Civil parishes of Shropshire, England
- en:Places in Shropshire, England
- en:Historical settlements
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- English eponyms
- en:Universities