Ringwood

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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Ringwood

Etymology

Probably from Old English rimuc (“boundary”) + wudu (“wood”).

Proper noun

Ringwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ringwoods)

(uncountable) A placename:
1. A town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1505). ^[1]
2. A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.
3. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
4. A village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.
5. A borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.
6. A town in Major County, Oklahoma, United States.
(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

ringwoodite

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Ringwood is the 37125^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 601 individuals. Ringwood is most common among White (76.71%) and Black/African American (17.3%) individuals.

References

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ringwood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

^ Parish map (Hampshire)

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