Trewhitt

English

Alternative forms

• Truett, Truitt

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Rothbury, in Northumberland, perhaps from Old Norse tri (“dry, resinous wood”) + þveit (“glade, clearing”).

Proper noun

Trewhitt (plural Trewhitts)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Trewhitt is the 138304^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 121 individuals. Trewhitt is most common among White (98.35%) individuals.

Further reading

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