Wingate
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Windeatt
Etymology
From Old English wind (“wind”) + ġeat (“gate”).
Proper noun
Wingate (countable and uncountable, plural Wingates)
- (uncountable) Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries:
- A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4037). [1]
- A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. [2]
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Montgomery County, Indiana.
- A ghost town in Butler County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland.
- An unincorporated community in Cass County, Missouri.
- A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
- A town in Union County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Runnels County, Texas.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wingate is the 4242nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8359 individuals. Wingate is most common among White (71.92%) and Black/African American (23.17%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wingate”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.