Dungworth
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English dung (“dungeon, underground place”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
Proper noun
editDungworth (countable and uncountable, plural Dungworths)
- A hamlet in Bradfield civil parish, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK2889).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dungworth is the 10286th most common surname in England, belonging to 575 individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dungworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.
- Forebears