Staplehurst
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English
Etymology
From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + hyrst (“wooded hillock”).
Proper noun
Staplehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Staplehursts)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A large village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7843). [1][2]
- A village in Seward County, Nebraska, United States.
- A community in the County of Vermilion River, Alberta, Canada.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Staplehurst is the 14751st most common surname in England, belonging to 357 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Staplehurst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears