Killingworth

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Killingsworth

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cylla + -ing (“belonging to”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Killingworth (countable and uncountable, plural Killingworths)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2771).
   2. A small town in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
   3. A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Killingworth is the 153769^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 106 individuals. Killingworth is most common among White (48.11%) and Black/African American (48.11%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Killingworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 304.