Cawthorne
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English cald (“cold”) + þorn (“thornbush”).
Proper noun
editCawthorne (countable and uncountable, plural Cawthornes)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2807).
- A small settlement (and site of Cawthorne Camp) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7789). [1]
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cawthorne is the 32203rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 716 individuals. Cawthorne is most common among White (65.78%) and Black/African American (30.17%) individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cawthorne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 307.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English