Tuddenham

English

Etymology

From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Tudda + hām (“homestead”).

Proper noun

Tuddenham (countable and uncountable, plural Tuddenhams)

1. A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL7371).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• East Tuddenham
• North Tuddenham
• Tuddenham St Martin

 

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tuddenham is the 11566^th most common surname in England, belonging to 496 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tuddenham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears