Throckmorton
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (surname): Throgmorton
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Old English þroc (“beam bridge”) + mere (“pool”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun[edit]
Throckmorton (countable and uncountable, plural Throckmortons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9849).
- A town, the county seat of Throckmorton County, Texas, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Throckmorton is the 9964th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3238 individuals. Throckmorton is most common among white (94.35%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Throckmorton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Worcestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Worcestershire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Towns in Texas, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:County seats of Texas, USA
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English