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Kirkwood
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English
+ (surname)
Alternative forms
surname en Kerwood
Etymology
From en ang ċiriċe church + ang wudu wood, equivalent to en kirk wood.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkɝkwʊd/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kirkwood.wav Southern England
Proper noun
~ s
A common placename:
en suburb town/Coatbridge carea/North Lanarkshire cc/Scotland OS grid ref NS7163.
en number of places c/USA:
en Q2171000en CDP co/Alpine County and co/Amador County s/California Kirk.
en unincorporated community co/Tehama County s/California.
en unincorporated community co/New Castle County s/Delaware.
en village co/Warren County s/Illinois.
en unincorporated community co/Crawford County s/Kansas.
en city co/St. Louis County s/Missouri.
en unincorporated community co/Camden County s/New Jersey.
en town/and/hamlet therein, in co/Broome County s/New York. TopoZone: Kirkwood, New York
en unincorporated community co/Shelby County s/Ohio.
en CDP co/Lancaster County s/Pennsylvania.
en unincorporated community co/Nicholas County s/West Virginia.
en habitational Old English.
en 21 August 2026 Bob Cooper Hannah Mitchell Reform wins first seat on council in by-election https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvw91w3289o BBC News Josh Kirkwood was elected as councillor for the Harraby South ward of the Labour-controlled Cumberland Council on Thursday. 3 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260822043515/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvw91w3289o
Derived terms
en Kirkwood Gap
en Kirkwood-Buff solution theory
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Kirkwood is the 4320th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8227 individuals. Kirkwood is most common among White (66.52%) and Black/African American (28.36%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en dikkoorw Woodkirk