Rowbotham
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English rūh (“rough, overgrown”) + botm (“bottom”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in an overgrown valley.
Proper noun
editRowbotham (plural Rowbothams)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rowbotham is the 33343th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 685 individuals. Rowbotham is most common among White (93.28%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rowbotham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.