Birtwistle

English

Alternative forms

• Bertwistle, Birtwhistle

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost village in Lancashire, from Old Norse birki- (“birchen”) + Old English twisel (“fork, bifurcation”).

Proper noun

Birtwistle (plural Birtwistles)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Birtwistle is the 129825^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 131 individuals. Birtwistle is most common among White (97.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Birtwistle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 164.