Skipwith
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Recorded as Schipwic in the Domesday Book, from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + wīc (“outlying settlement”). The last element was later changed under the influence of Old Norse viðr (“tree; forest, wood”).
Proper noun[edit]
Skipwith (countable and uncountable, plural Skipwiths)
- A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6638).
- An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Skipwith is the 39212th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 561 individuals. Skipwith is most common among Black/African American (76.65%) and White (18.36%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Skipwith”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
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- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- English surnames from Old Norse