Shaftoe

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from two minor places in Hartburn, Northumberland, from Old English sċeaft (“shaft, pole”) + hōh (“heel; spur of land”).

Proper noun

Shaftoe (plural Shaftoes)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shaftoe is the 21818^th most common surname in England, belonging to 199 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shaftoe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears