Soppitt

English

Alternative forms

• Sopwith

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place near Otterburn, Northumberland, which was recorded as Sokpeth in the past. This placename may derive from Old English soc (“suck, sucking”), probably meaning "moisture collecting in the soil" or "drainage of a dunghill", + pæþ (“path, track”).

Proper noun

Soppitt (plural Soppitts)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Soppitt is the 23159^th most common surname in England, belonging to 182 individuals.

Further reading

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