Threapland

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Threipland

Etymology

From Old English þrēap (“contention, strife, dispute”) + land (“land”).

Proper noun

Threapland (countable and uncountable, plural Threaplands)

1. A hamlet in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY156393).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Threapland is the 89582^nd most common surname in England, belonging to 7 individuals.

Further reading

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