Bakewell
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English
Alternative forms
- (habitational surname): Balkwill
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Baduca + wella (“spring, stream”).
Proper noun
Bakewell (countable and uncountable, plural Bakewells)
- A market town and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2168).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States.
- A suburb of the City of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia, named after E. H. Bakewell.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bakewell is the 31873rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 724 individuals. Bakewell is most common among White (91.02%) individuals.
Noun
Bakewell (plural Bakewells)
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bakewell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86.