Chetwode

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Chatwood, Cheatwood, Chitwood

Etymology

From an unclear first element + Old English wudu (“wood”).

Proper noun

Chetwode (countable and uncountable, plural Chetwodes)

1. A village and civil parish of Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6429).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chetwode is the 50675^th most common surname in England, belonging to 54 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chetwode”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325.