Edgcumbe

English

Etymology

Variant of Edgecomb.

Proper noun

Edgcumbe (countable and uncountable, plural Edgcumbes)

1. A hamlet in Wendron parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7233).
2. A surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Edgcumbe is the 22497^th most common surname in England, belonging to 190 individuals.

See also

• Edgecumbe (New Zealand)

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Edgcumbe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 512.