Garthwaite
English
editEtymology
editEnglish habitational surname from a lost place in Northern England; the second element is probably from Old Norse þveit (“clearing, glade”).
Proper noun
editGarthwaite (plural Garthwaites)
- A surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Garthwaite is the 35016th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 644 individuals. Garthwaite is most common among White (98.45%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Garthwaite”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 18.