Wombwell
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English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Wamba or Womba + wella (“well, spring”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wombwell (countable and uncountable, plural Wombwells)
- A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3902).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wombwell is the 11228th most common surname in England, belonging to 517 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wombwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.