Millbrook
English
Etymology
From Old English mylen (“mill”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).
Proper noun
Millbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Millbrooks)
- A number of places in England:
- A small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0138). [1]
- A civil parish and village in southeast Cornwall (OS grid ref SX4252). [2]
- A suburb of Axminster, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY3098).
- A hamlet in North Molton parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS7530).
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9799).
- A suburb and former civil parish in Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3913).
- A rural district of Victoria, Australia.
- A village in the township of Cavan Monaghan, Ontario, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Autauga County and Elmore County, Alabama.
- A village in Kendall County, Illinois.
- A ghost town in Graham County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Warren County, New Jersey.
- A village in Dutchess County, New York.
- A former village in Wake County, North Carolina, since incorporated into the city of Raleigh.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Millbrook is the 100302nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 525 individuals. Millbrook is most common among Black/African American (75.0%) and White (17.22%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Millbrook”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 591.