Whitcombe

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Whitcomb

Etymology

From either Old English wīd (“wide”) or hwīt (“white”) + cumb (“combe, valley”).

Proper noun

Whitcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Whitcombes)

1. A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY717882).
2. A hamlet in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST631472).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Whitcombe is the 83834^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 224 individuals. Whitcombe is most common among White (94.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whitcombe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.