Killigrew

English

Alternative forms

• Killebrew

Etymology

Habitational surname from Cornish kelly (“grove”) + cnow (“hazel trees”).

Proper noun

Killigrew (plural Killigrews)

1. A surname from Cornish.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Killigrew is the 154329^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 143 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Killigrew”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 304.