Colebrooke

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Colebrook

Etymology

From Old English cald (“cold”) + brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”).

Proper noun

Colebrooke (countable and uncountable, plural Colebrookes)

1. A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7700).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Colebrooke is the 159712^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 101 individuals. Colebrooke is most common among Black/African American (68.32%) and White (22.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Colebrooke”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 353.