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)
- A hamlet in Lynsted with Kingsdown parish and Rodmersham parish, Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9159).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dungate is the 13153rd 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.