Thurlow

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Thurlow, in Suffolk, from an unexplained first element + Old English hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).

Proper noun

Thurlow (plural Thurlows)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thurlow is the 13042^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2354 individuals. Thurlow is most common among White (95.58%) individuals.

Further reading

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