Crompton

English

Alternative forms

• Crumpton

Etymology 1

Habitational surname from a settlement in Greater Manchester, from Old English crumbe (“river bend”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Crompton (countable and uncountable, plural Cromptons)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A community of the town of West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States.

Related terms

• Shaw and Crompton

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crompton is the 14215^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2111 individuals. Crompton is most common among White (91.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crompton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387.

Etymology 2

Named for the installed Crompton Parkinson electrical equipment.

Noun

Crompton (plural Cromptons)

1. (British, rail transport) A British Rail Class 33 locomotive.

See also

• Bagpipe (Class 33/1)
• Slim Jim (Class 33/2)