Wingate

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Windeatt

Etymology

From Old English wind (“wind”) + ġeat (“gate”).

Proper noun

Wingate (countable and uncountable, plural Wingates)

1. (uncountable) Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries:
   1. A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4037).
   2. A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A town in Montgomery County, Indiana.
      2. A ghost town in Butler County, Kansas.
      3. An unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland.
      4. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Missouri.
      5. A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
      6. A town in Union County, North Carolina.
      7. An unincorporated community in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
      8. An unincorporated community in Runnels County, Texas.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wingate is the 4242^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8359 individuals. Wingate is most common among White (71.92%) and Black/African American (23.17%) individuals.

Further reading

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