Chegwin

English

Alternative forms

• Chirgwin

Etymology

From Cornish chy (“house”) + guyn (“white”), a topographic or habitational surname.

Proper noun

Chegwin (plural Chegwins)

1. A surname from Cornish.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chegwin is the 30233^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 131 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chegwin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 322.
• Forebears