Crompton

== English == === Alternative forms === Crumpton === Etymology 1 === Habitational surname from a settlement in Greater Manchester, from Old English crumbe (“river bend”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). ==== Proper noun ==== Crompton (countable and uncountable, plural Cromptons) A surname from Old English. A community in the town of West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. ===== Related terms ===== Shaw and Crompton ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Crompton is the 14215th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2111 individuals. Crompton is most common among White (91.52%) individuals. ==== Further reading ==== Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crompton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387. === Etymology 2 === Named for the installed Crompton Parkinson electrical equipment. ==== Noun ==== Crompton (plural Cromptons) (UK, rail transport) A British Rail Class 33 locomotive. ===== See also ===== Bagpipe (Class 33/1) Slim Jim (Class 33/2)