Langthorne

English

Alternative forms

• Langhorne, Longthorn

Etymology

From Old English lang (“long”) + þorn (“thornbush”).

Proper noun

Langthorne (countable and uncountable, plural Langthornes)

1. A village and civil parish (served by Crakehall with Langthorne Parish Council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2591).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Langthorne is the 15923^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 319 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Langthorne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 391.
• Forebears