Stockport

== English == === Etymology === From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling; place”) + port (“port; market town”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɒkpɔːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɑkpɔɹt/ Rhymes: -ɒkpɔː(ɹ)t === Proper noun === Stockport (countable and uncountable, plural Stockports) A market town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8990). A habitational surname from Old English. A town in Columbia County, New York. A village in Morgan County, Ohio. A town in South Australia. A city in Van Buren County, Iowa. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Stockport is the 30919th most common surname in England, belonging to 117 individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stockport”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. Forebears