Hobhouse
English edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Hobhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Hobhouses)
- A surname.
- A small farming town in Free State province, South Africa, named after Emily Hobhouse.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hobhouse is the 43050th most common surname in England, belonging to 70 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hobhouse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 185.