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Locality C Surnames Family History Resources

Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Cadwell		Locality	A village in South Wales; written Cydwell
Calderwood		Locality	The wood on the river Calder
Caldwell		Locality	Cold-well, a cold spring
Carden		Locality	the manor of Cawarden or Carden, near Chester, in England
Carmichael		Locality	The castle or stronghold of Michael, from caer, a castle or fortified place
Cary		Locality	the manor of Cary or Kari, as spelled in the Doomsday Book, in the parish of St. Giles, near Launceston, England
Caudell		Locality	cold spring
Caudle		Locality	cold spring
Caudwell		Locality	cold spring
Caxton		Locality	a small town in England
Cayly		Locality	Calais, a sea-port of France
Chadwick		Locality	Cyte signifies a cottage, and wick, a harbor, a sheltered place
Challener		Locality	Chaloner/Challoner a town in France
Challenor		Locality	Chaloner/Challoner a town in France
Challiner		Locality	Chaloner/Challoner a town in France
Challinor		Locality	Chaloner/Challoner a town in France
Challoner		Locality	a town in France
Chatsworth		Locality	cyte, a cottage, as above, and worth, a place or estate
Chedsey		Locality	Chertsey, a town in Surrey, England, near the Thames, Cerot's Island
Cheeseman		Locality	A dealer in cheese
Chesebrough		Locality	Chene, an oak
Chester		Locality	ceaster, a fortified place, a city, a castle or camp
Chesters		Locality	ceaster, a fortified place, a city, a castle or camp
Cilly		Locality	A town in Germany
Clauson		Locality	A town of Germany, near Pozen
Clavering		Locality	klaver, clover; and ing, a meadow, a pasture
Clay		Locality	A town of France in Seine. A lake on the isle of Lewis, Scotland
Clayton		Locality	clay hill
Cleveland		Locality	Cliff-lane
Cliff		Locality	A steep bank, a precipice
Clifford		Locality	The ford or way by the cliff
Clifton		Locality	the town on the cliff
Clum		Locality	A place in Germany, the ancient residence of the Knight of Clum
Coates		Locality	The side, the shore, coast, border
Cobb		Locality	A harbor
Cobern		Locality	high or united hill
Coborn		Locality	cock, a hillock, and burn, a brook
Coborne		Locality	cock, a hillock, and burn, a brook
Coburn		Locality	cock, a hillock, and burn, a brook
Cockbain		Locality	cock, a hillock, and burn, a brook
Cockburn		Locality	cock, a hillock, and burn, a brook
Coe		Locality	Co is an elevation, exalted
Coggeshall		Locality	Cog, a small boat, and shoal, a place where the water is shallow, and where fish abound
Cogswell		Locality	Cog, a small boat, and shoal, a place where the water is shallow, and where fish abound
Coit		Locality	A wood
Colby		Locality	Col, with or near, the by or town
Coldwell		Locality	Cold-well, a cold spring
Coldwells		Locality	Cold-well, a cold spring
Coleby		Locality	Colby Col, with or near, the by or town
Collamore		Locality	Coulommier, a town in France
Colton		Locality	Col, the neck of a hill, and ton, a town
Colven		Locality	Culwen, derived from Joannes De Culwen
Colvin		Locality	Culwen, derived from Joannes De Culwen
Coly		Locality	A little river in Devonshire, England
Comeyn		Locality	Cominges, a town in France, anciently called Lugdunum Convenarum, situated on a hill near the banks of the river Garonne
Conde		Locality	town of Conde, in the French part of Hainault
Conry		Locality	Gauir Conrigh, a high mountain near Tralee, County of Kerry, Ireland
Conyers		Locality	Coigniers, in Normandy
Cornwallis		Locality	A native of Cornwall
Cotes		Locality	Coates, The side, the shore, coast, border
Cotesworth		Locality	coit, a wood, and worth, a place or possession.
Couldray		Locality	The grove of hazels
Couldwell		Locality	Coldwell, Caldwell, Cold-well, a cold spring
Coulton		Locality	Colton, Col, the neck of a hill, and ton, a town
Courtenay		Locality	The court near the water
Covert		Locality	A sheltered place
Cowley		Locality	cow pasture
Craft		Locality	Croft, a small field near a dwelling
Crafter		Locality	Crofter, a small field near a dwelling
Croft		Locality	a small field near a dwelling
Crofter		Locality	a small field near a dwelling
Cromwell		Locality	From crom, crooked, and hal or hayle, low, level land bordering on the river or sea
Cross		Locality	A place with a cross
Crosswell		Locality	A cross erected near a well
Crowell		Locality	town in England
Cullen		Locality	Cullin, the place at the neck of the lake

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