Wingate
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (surname): Windeatt
Etymology
[edit]From Old English wind (“wind”) + ġeat (“gate”).
Proper noun
[edit]Wingate (countable and uncountable, plural Wingates)
- (uncountable) Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries:
- A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4037). [1]
- A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. [2]
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Montgomery County, Indiana.
- A ghost town in Butler County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland.
- An unincorporated community in Cass County, Missouri.
- A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
- A town in Union County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Runnels County, Texas.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wingate is the 4242nd 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.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wingate”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in County Durham, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in County Durham, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Suburbs in New Zealand
- en:Places in New Zealand
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in Indiana, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Ghost towns in Kansas, USA
- en:Places in Kansas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Maryland, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Maryland, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Neighborhoods in New York, USA
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Towns in North Carolina, USA
- en:Places in North Carolina, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Texas, USA
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English