Lowthorpe

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Lathrop, Lothrop, Lowthorp

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Lagi + þorp (“hamlet, village”).

Proper noun

Lowthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Lowthorpes)

1. A village in Harpham parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0860).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lowthorpe is the 20374^th most common surname in England, belonging to 221 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lowthorpe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 466.
• Forebears