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Collingwood


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Origin Of The Surname Collingwood

Meaning Of The Surname Collingwood

From the Disputed Wood

Interesting Facts About Collingwood

Collingwood is locational surname coming from a place called Callingwood. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the Old French word ‘calange’ meaning disputed. The name would have been given to a wood whose ownership was being argued over.

Collingwood Statistics

Collingwood is the number 1696 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,262 share the surname Collingwood in the UK.

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