Swettenham
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Sweta + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).
Proper noun[edit]
Swettenham (countable and uncountable, plural Swettenhams)
- A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ800671).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Swettenham is the 23763rd most common surname in England, belonging to 175 individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Swettenham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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