Wintringham

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Winter + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

Proper noun

Wintringham (countable and uncountable, plural Wintringhams)

1. A village and civil parish in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8873).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wintringham is the 154907^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 105 individuals. Wintringham is most common among White (96.19%) individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

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