Killgore: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

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Family name meaning

The spelling Killgore grew out of Kilgore, a Scottish surname with a long paper trail. The name is generally explained as “goat wood”.

Killgore adds “l” to Kilgore, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Kilgour. Killgore ranked 22,026 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,177 people answering to the name.

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