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There are approximately 24,860 people named Thorpe in the UK. That makes it the 401th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 393 are named Thorpe.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

Related and similar surnames

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Tharpe
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Thoorpe

The Thorpe surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

i" THORPE. THORP. _ A common local surname, tliere being numerous parishes in England so designated, besides an infinite number of smaller districts. As a tervii nation it is likewise very common, as in Althorpe. Sibthorpe, Calthorpe, Westhorpe. A-Snx. and old Danish, tliovp. Germ. doif. Worsaae defines it as " a collection of houses separated from some principal estate — a village." It was in use, as an English word, in the XVI. century. An old translation of Fortescue, De Leg. Ang. speaks of England being " so filled and replenished with lauded menue, that therein so siaall a tliorpe cannot be found wherein dwelleth not a knight, or an esquire, or such a householder as is called a franklein." TimoP is a corrupted iorm, whence the surnames Milthrop, Winthropp, &c.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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