Lewthwaite
English
editEtymology
editThe second element is Old Norse þveit (“enclosure”).
Proper noun
editLewthwaite (plural Lewthwaites)
- A surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lewthwaite is the 9176th most common surname in England, belonging to 670 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lewthwaite”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 431.