Tuckwell

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from the Old English personal name Tocca + wielle (“well, spring”).

Proper noun

Tuckwell (plural Tuckwells)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tuckwell is the 6392^nd most common surname in England, belonging to 1074 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tuckwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.