Congreve
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Congrove
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English cumb (“valley”) + grāf (“grove”).
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Congreve is the 15468th most common surname in England, belonging to 333 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Congreve”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 360.
- Forebears
Anagrams
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