Hoyland

English

Etymology

From Old English hoh (“hill spur”) + land (“(cultivated) land”).

Proper noun

Hoyland (countable and uncountable, plural Hoylands)

1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE372003).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Hoyland Common

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hoyland is the 55505^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 370 individuals. Hoyland is most common among White (94.32%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hoyland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 208.