Calthorpe

English

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Kali + Old English þorp (“village”).

Proper noun

Calthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Calthorpes)

1. A village in Erpingham parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG180063).
2. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Calthorpe is the 21591^st most common surname in England, belonging to 202 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calthorpe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.