Maplebeck

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Mapplebeck

Etymology

From Old English *mapul (“maple”) + Old Norse bekkr (“brook, stream”).

Proper noun

Maplebeck (countable and uncountable, plural Maplebecks)

1. A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK710607).
2. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Maplebeck is the 78001^st most common surname in England, belonging to 28 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maplebeck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 510.