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Holcomb (surname)

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Meaning
  
"from (a place called) Holcombe"; Anglo-Saxon origin

Region of origin
  
Devon and other English counties

Related names
  
Holcombe, Halcombe and other variant spellings

Holcomb is a surname, originating in a number of English villages with the name Holcombe. Early examples are recorded as de Holcombe, and the final e has been dropped from many family names, particularly in the USA. Notable people with the surname Holcomb include:

  • Al Holcomb, American Football coach
  • Amasa Holcomb, American farmer, surveyor, civil engineer, businessman, and manufacturer of surveying instruments
  • Benjamin Harrison Holcomb, American, one-time oldest living man
  • Bob Holcomb, American politician and attorney
  • Bobby Holcomb, American artist and musician
  • Charles Holcomb, retired Texan judge
  • Charlie Holcomb, former American -born English cricketer
  • Corey Holcomb, American stand-up comedian, radio host, and actor
  • David Holcomb, U.S. State Senator in the Ohio Senate
  • Doug Holcomb, professional basketball forward
  • Drew Holcomb, American singer and songwriter
  • Eric Holcomb, American politician
  • John Noble Holcomb, United States Army soldier
  • Kelly Holcomb, NFL quarterback
  • Marcus H. Holcomb, American politician and the 66th Governor of Connecticut
  • Mark Holcomb, American guitarist and songwriter of metal band, Periphery
  • Mike Holcomb, American Christian bass singer
  • Noah Holcomb, American mountain biker
  • Randy Holcomb, American professional basketball player
  • Richard Holcomb, commercial sex worker specialist, street outreach worker and HIV prevention counselor
  • Robin Holcomb, singer, songwriter and pianist
  • Rod Holcomb, American television director and producer
  • Roscoe Holcomb, American musician
  • Sarah Holcomb, former American actress
  • Silas A. Holcomb, Nebraska lawyer and politician
  • Steven Holcomb (born 1980), American bobsled driver
  • Stu Holcomb, college football coach
  • Thomas Holcomb, the seventeenth Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
  • William F. Holcomb, or Grizzly Bill, founder of Holcomb Valley, California
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