Ackworth
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Acworth
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Acca + worþ (“enclosure”).
Proper noun edit
Ackworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ackworths)
- A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, including the villages of Ackworth Moor Top, High Ackworth and Low Ackworth. [1]
- A minor city in Warren County, Iowa, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ackworth is the 331838th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 50 individuals.
References edit
Further reading edit
- “Ackworth”, in Survey of English Place-Names, Nottingham University, n.d.
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ackworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
- Forebears