Tothill

English

Etymology

From the unattested Old English word *tōt (“a look-out”) + hyll (“hill”).

Proper noun

Tothill (countable and uncountable, plural Tothills)

1. A hamlet in Withern with Stain parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4182).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tothill is the 22497^th most common surname in England, belonging to 190 individuals.

Further reading

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