Hungerford
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.
Proper noun
[edit]Hungerford (countable and uncountable, plural Hungerfords)
- A placename:
- A place in England:
- A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368). [1]
- A hamlet in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8274). [2]
- A hamlet in Hyde parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612). [3]
- A hamlet in Munslow parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5389). [4]
- A hamlet in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0440). [5]
- A settlement in Tweed municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
- A township in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.
- A census-designated place in Wharton County, Texas, United States, named after Daniel E. Hungerford.
- A small town on the NSW border in the Shire of Bulloo, south-west Queensland, Australia, named after Thomas Hungerford.
- A place in England:
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hungerford is the 9830th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3294 individuals. Hungerford is most common among White (91.32%) individuals.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hungerford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216.
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