Hobhouse

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