Stockport
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English
Etymology
From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling; place”) + port (“port; market town”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɒkpɔːt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɑkpɔɹt/
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒkpɔː(ɹ)t
Proper noun
Stockport (countable and uncountable, plural Stockports)
- A market town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8990).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A town in Columbia County, New York.
- A village in Morgan County, Ohio.
- A town in South Australia.
- A city in Van Buren County, Iowa
- An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Stockport is the 30919th most common surname in England, belonging to 117 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stockport”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears