Kinghorn
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English
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.
Proper noun
Kinghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Kinghorns)
- A town and civil parish of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2686).
- A community in the township of King, Ontario, Canada.
- A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kinghorn is the 22450th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1146 individuals. Kinghorn is most common among White (93.37%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kinghorn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 307.