Dungate

See also: dungate

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Dengate

Etymology

From Old English dūn (“hill”) + ġeat (“gate”).

Proper noun

Dungate (countable and uncountable, plural Dungates)

1. A hamlet in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9159).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dungate is the 13153^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 417 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dungate”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.