Fenwick
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling-place”).
Proper noun
editFenwick (countable and uncountable, plural Fenwicks)
- A small village in Kyloe parish, north Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0640).
- A village in Doncaster district, South Yorkshire, England.
- A village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4643).
- A borough of Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Montcalm County, Michigan, United States.
- A census-designated place in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fenwick is the 7254th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4597 individuals. Fenwick is most common among White (74.44%) and Black/African American (19.49%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fenwick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Northumberland, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Northumberland, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in East Ayrshire, Scotland
- en:Villages in Scotland
- en:Places in East Ayrshire, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland
- en:Places in Connecticut, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Michigan, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Michigan, USA
- en:Census-designated places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -wick