Crompton
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Habitational surname from a settlement in Greater Manchester, from Old English crumbe (“river bend”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
[edit]Crompton (countable and uncountable, plural Cromptons)
- A surname from Old English.
- A community of the town of West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States.
Related terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Crompton is the 14215th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2111 individuals. Crompton is most common among White (91.52%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crompton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387.
Etymology 2
[edit]Named for the installed Crompton Parkinson electrical equipment.
Noun
[edit]Crompton (plural Cromptons)
See also
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Villages in Rhode Island, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Rhode Island, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English nouns
- British English
- en:Rail transportation