Congleton
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English cung (“mound”) + hyll (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
[edit]Congleton (countable and uncountable, plural Congletons)
- A town and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ854628).
- A former borough in Cheshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into Cheshire East.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Congleton is the 18614th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1479 individuals. Congleton is most common among White (88.24%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Congleton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 360.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Towns in Cheshire, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Cheshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Historical political subdivisions
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Boroughs in England