Hanscombe

== English == === Alternative forms === Anscombe, Handscomb === Etymology === Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Shillington, in Bedfordshire, from an unattested Old English personal name *Hān + -s- + camp (“open country”). === Proper noun === Hanscombe (plural Hanscombes) A surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hanscombe is the 28150th most common surname in England, belonging to 135 individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hanscombe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127. Forebears