Goldthorpe

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Goldthorp

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Golda + þorp (“village”).

Proper noun

Goldthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Goldthorpes)

1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4604).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Goldthorpe is the 73005^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 266 individuals. Goldthorpe is most common among White (95.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goldthorpe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 61.