Colebrooke
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Colebrook
Etymology
From Old English cald (“cold”) + brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”).
Proper noun
Colebrooke (countable and uncountable, plural Colebrookes)
- A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7700).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Colebrooke is the 159712th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 101 individuals. Colebrooke is most common among Black/African American (68.32%) and White (22.77%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Colebrooke”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 353.