Holbrook

• (surname): Halbrook, Halbrooks

From Old English hol (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + brōc (“stream, brook”).

Holbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Holbrooks)

1. A common placename:
   1. A place in England:
      1. A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3645).
      2. A hamlet in Charlton Musgrove parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6828).
      3. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1636).
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A city, the county seat of Navajo County, Arizona.
      2. An unincorporated community in Oneida County, Idaho.
      3. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
      4. A village in Furnas County, Nebraska.
      5. A census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York.
      6. An unincorporated community in Multnomah County, Oregon.
      7. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
      8. An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Holbrook is the 1502^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23843 individuals. Holbrook is most common among White (91.52%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Holbrook”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191.