Rolleston
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Old Norse personal name Hrólfr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rolleston (countable and uncountable, plural Rollestons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A small village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7300). [1]
- A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7452). [2]
- Short for Rolleston on Dove, Staffordshire, England.
- A small town in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A town in Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand. [3]
- (countable) A habitational surname.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rolleston is the 143149th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 116 individuals. Rolleston is most common among White (100.0%) individuals.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rolleston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- en:Villages in Leicestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Leicestershire, England
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- en:Villages in Nottinghamshire, England
- en:Places in Nottinghamshire, England
- English short forms
- en:Towns in Queensland
- en:Towns in Australia
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