Outhwaite

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from the Old Norse personal name Ufi + þveit (“clearing, glade”). Compare Dowthwaite.

Proper noun

Outhwaite (plural Outhwaites)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dowthwaite is the 7239^th most common surname in England, belonging to 908 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Outhwaite”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.