Duncombe
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Duncumb
Etymology
Habitational surname, from Old English dūn (“hill”) + cumb (“valley”).
Proper noun
Duncombe (countable and uncountable, plural Duncombes)
- A surname from Old English.
- A city in Webster County, Iowa, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Duncombe is the 35537th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 633 individuals. Duncombe is most common among White (53.4%) and Black/African American (39.02%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Duncombe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.