Stockwell
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English stocc (“tree trunk, stump”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
Proper noun[edit]
Stockwell (countable and uncountable, plural Stockwells)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A suburb in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3076).
- A town in Barossa council area and Light Regional Council area, South Australia, named after Samuel Stockwell.
- A census-designated place in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Stockwell is the 5234th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6664 individuals. Stockwell is most common among White (93.83%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stockwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
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- en:Places in England
- en:Towns in South Australia
- en:Towns in Australia
- en:Places in South Australia
- en:Places in Australia
- en:Census-designated places in Indiana, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English