Marwood
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English
Etymology
From Old English ġemære (“border, limit”) + wudu (“wood”).
Proper noun
Marwood (countable and uncountable, plural Marwoods)
- A village in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS542013).
- A civil parish of County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ053972).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Marwood is the 6138th most common surname in England, belonging to 1130 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marwood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 526.