Hobhouse
English
editEtymology
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Proper noun
editHobhouse (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.