Outhwaite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from the Old Norse personal name Ufi + þveit (“clearing, glade”). Compare Dowthwaite.
Proper noun[edit]
Outhwaite (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.