Lowthorpe
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Old Norse personal name Lagi + þorp (“hamlet, village”).
Proper noun
Lowthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Lowthorpes)
- A village in Harpham parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0860).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lowthorpe is the 20374th most common surname in England, belonging to 221 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lowthorpe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 466.
- Forebears