Harcombe

English

Alternative forms

• Harcum

Etymology

Habitational surname from two minor places in Devon, from Old English hara (“hare”) + cumb (“valley”).

Proper noun

Harcombe (plural Harcombes)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Harcombe is the 15135^th most common surname in England, belonging to 344 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Harcombe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129.
• Forebears