Lewthwaite

English

Etymology

The second element is Old Norse þveit (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Lewthwaite (plural Lewthwaites)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lewthwaite is the 9176^th most common surname in England, belonging to 670 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lewthwaite”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 431.