Hampden

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Hamden === Etymology === From Old English hām (“homestead”) + denu (“valley”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhæmp.dən/ Hyphenation: Hamp‧den Rhymes: -æmpdən === Proper noun === Hampden (countable and uncountable, plural Hampdens) A surname. A locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. A rural locality in the Mid North, South Australia. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. [From 1910] Synonym: Riverhead (historical) A small town in North Otago district, Otago, New Zealand. A town in Penobscot County, Maine. A neighborhood in northern Baltimore, Maryland, United States. A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts. A tiny city in Ramsey County, North Dakota. An unincorporated community in Geauga County, Ohio. A township municipality of Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hampden is the 155955th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 141 individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hampden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 122.