Cawkwell

English

Etymology

From Old English ċealc (“chalk”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

Proper noun

Cawkwell (countable and uncountable, plural Cawkwells)

1. A hamlet in Scamblesby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2879).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cawkwell is the 7789^th most common surname in England, belonging to 829 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cawkwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 306.
• Forebears