Goldthorpe
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Goldthorp
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Golda + þorp (“village”).
Proper noun edit
Goldthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Goldthorpes)
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4604).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Goldthorpe is the 73005th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 266 individuals. Goldthorpe is most common among White (95.86%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goldthorpe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 61.