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Cromwell
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English
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Etymology
From en ang - ang crump wella 1 crooked, bent spring, equivalent to en crump#Etymology 4 crump well.https://forebears.io/surnames/cromwell#meaning Cromwell Surname Origin & Meaning forebears.io 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20250707213954/https://forebears.io/surnames/cromwell 7 July 2025
Pronunciation
en UK /ˈkɹɒmwəl/ /ˈkɹɒmwɛl/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cromwell.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cromwell2.wav Southern England
en GA /ˈkɹɑmwəl/ /ˈkɹɑmwɛl/
en dated /ˈkɹʌmwəl/ /ˈkɹʌmwɛl/
en Crom well
Proper noun
en English habitational Old English from any of several placenames.
Oliver Cromwell, English military leader, politician, and dictator, or his son Richard Cromwell.
en village/and/civil parish in dist/Newark and Sherwood co/Nottinghamshire cc/England OS grid ref SK7961. Parish map (England)
en town r/Otago c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en number of places c/USA:
en unincorporated community co/Choctaw County s/Alabama.
en former settlement co/Lassen County s/California.
en town co/Middlesex County s/Connecticut. TopoZone: Cromwell, Connecticut
en town co/Noble County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Union County s/Iowa.
en ucomm co/Ohio County s/Kentucky.
en minor city co/Carlton County s/Minnesota.
en twp co/Clay County s/Minnesota, named after Oliver Cromwell.
en town co/Seminole County s/Oklahoma.
en twp co/Huntingdon County s/Pennsylvania.
en unincorporated community co/Pierce County s/Washington.
Derived terms
en Cromwellian
en Cromwell's rule
Translations
surname
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克倫威爾
Russian: ru Кро́мвель m f
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Cromwell is the 4,397th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8,087 individuals. Cromwell is most common among White (66.32%) and Black (25.75%) individuals.
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