Cromarty
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Cromartie
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic crom (“crooked, bent”) + àrd (“height”) or bati (“bay”).
Proper noun
Cromarty (countable and uncountable, plural Cromartys)
- A small coastal town in the Highland council area, northern Scotland (OS grid ref NH7867).
- A sea area that covers the Cromarty Firth.
- A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cromarty is the 91981st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 200 individuals. Cromarty is most common among White (69.0%) and Black/African American (21.5%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cromarty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387.