Wardlow

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Wordlaw

Etymology

From Old English weard (“watchman, guard”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”).

Proper noun

Wardlow (countable and uncountable, plural Wardlows)

1. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1874).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wardlow is the 10706^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2985 individuals. Wardlow is most common among White (67.77%) and Black/African American (25.83%) individuals.

Further reading

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