Winterbottom
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English
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Etymology
From Old English winter (“winter”) + botm (“bottom, ground”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a valley only in winter, while spending the summer on the upland pastures.
Proper noun
Winterbottom (plural Winterbottoms)
- A surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Winterbottom is the 27354th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 883 individuals. Winterbottom is most common among White (94.22%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Winterbottom”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.