Cooling (surname)

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Cooling is an English surname. One origin of the name is as a variant of the surname Culling. The other origin is as a name given to people from Cooling, Kent. [1] Notable people with the surname include:

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References

  1. Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2002). The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford University Press. p. 140. ISBN   0198605617.

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