Outhwaite
English
editEtymology
editHabitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from the Old Norse personal name Ufi + þveit (“clearing, glade”). Compare Dowthwaite.
Proper noun
editOuthwaite (plural Outhwaites)
- A surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dowthwaite is the 7239th most common surname in England, belonging to 908 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Outhwaite”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.