Crewe
See also: crewe
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Crew
Etymology
Recorded as Creu in the Domesday Book, the town's name derive from Welsh criu (“weir; crossing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɹuː/, /ˈkɹuʊ̯/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
- Homophone: crew
Proper noun
Crewe (countable and uncountable, plural Crewes)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7055). [1]
- A town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Welsh.
Derived terms
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Crewe-by-Farndon
- Crewe Green
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Crewe is the 40610th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 538 individuals. Crewe is most common among White (54.65%) and Black/African American (38.1%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crewe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 384.
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