Killingworth
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Killingsworth
Etymology
From the unattested Old English personal name *Cylla + -ing (“belonging to”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
Proper noun
Killingworth (countable and uncountable, plural Killingworths)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2771).
- A small town in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Killingworth is the 153769th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 106 individuals. Killingworth is most common among White (48.11%) and Black/African American (48.11%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Killingworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 304.