Coverdale

English

Etymology

  • The valley in North Yorkshire is named from the River Cover + dale.
  • The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after a former name of the Little River.

Proper noun

Coverdale (countable and uncountable, plural Coverdales)

  1. A surname.
  2. A valley (dale) in the Yorkshire Dales, Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0683).
  3. A civil parish of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Davis Parish and Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Coverdale is the 20382nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1304 individuals. Coverdale is most common among White (76.3%) and Black/African American (17.33%) individuals.
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