Wombwell

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English

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Etymology

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From the Old English personal name Wamba or Womba + wella (well, spring).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Wombwell (countable and uncountable, plural Wombwells)

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3902).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

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  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wombwell is the 11228th most common surname in England, belonging to 517 individuals.

Further reading

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