Cuddington

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cuda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Cuddington (countable and uncountable, plural Cuddingtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7311).
   2. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5971).
   3. The site of a former settlement in Surrey, England, which was superseded by Ewell to the west
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cuddington is the 107669^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 165 individuals. Cuddington is most common among White (96.36%) individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cuddington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 392.