Elwick
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Old English personal name Ella + wīc (“village”).[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Elwick (countable and uncountable, plural Elwicks)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Hartlepool, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4532).
- A village in Middleton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1136).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Elwick is the 121590th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 142 individuals. Elwick is most common among White (85.21%) individuals.
References[edit]
- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Elwick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 525.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in County Durham, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in County Durham, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Northumberland, England
- en:Places in Northumberland, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -wick