Congleton
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English
Etymology
From Old English cung (“mound”) + hyll (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Congleton (countable and uncountable, plural Congletons)
- A town and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ854628). [1]
- A former borough in Cheshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into Cheshire East.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Congleton is the 18614th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1479 individuals. Congleton is most common among White (88.24%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Congleton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 360.