Thorp Name Meaning: Name given to those who lived in the area known as the 'thorp' - an Old English word meaning farmstead, hamlet or village
First found in Yorkshire before the Norman Conquest in 1066, where they were seated as Lords of the manor of Thorpe
Discover how your Thorp ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 3 |
Buckinghamshire | 28 |
Berkshire | 55 |
Cambridgeshire | 23 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 68 |
Cornwall | 4 |
Cumberland | 1 |
Derbyshire | 84 |
Devon | 4 |
Dorset | 7 |
Durham | 13 |
Essex | 172 |
Gloucestershire | 16 |
Hampshire | 81 |
Herefordshire | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 15 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 35 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 106 |
Lancashire | 677 |
Leicestershire | 21 |
Lincolnshire | 26 |
London | 536 |
Middlesex | 79 |
Northumberland | 20 |
Norfolk | 17 |
Northamptonshire | 23 |
Nottinghamshire | 29 |
Oxfordshire | 16 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 35 |
Shropshire | 1 |
Suffolk | 25 |
Somerset | 5 |
Surrey | 106 |
Sussex | 34 |
Staffordshire | 56 |
Warwickshire | 52 |
Westmorland | 6 |
Wiltshire | 13 |
Worcestershire | 4 |
Yorkshire | 976 |
Anglesey | 1 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 3 |
Carnarvonshire | 10 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 6 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 7 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 4 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Living On Own Means | 70 |
Dress Maker | 24 |
General Labourer | 23 |
Cotton Weaver | 22 |
Farmer | 19 |
Scholar | 18 |
General Servant Domestic | 16 |
Cook Domestic | 13 |
Commercial Clerk | 11 |
Butcher | 11 |
Domestic Servant | 10 |
Bricklayer | 9 |
Dressmaker | 9 |
Brick Layer | 8 |
Housemaid Domestic | 8 |
Stone Mason | 8 |
Builder | 7 |
Carpenter | 7 |
House Maid Domestic | 7 |
Coal Miner | 7 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 7 |
Cotton Card Room Hand | 7 |
Cotton Spinner | 7 |
Student | 7 |
Worsted Weaver | 7 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Thorp | 2,344 |
John Thorp | 2,022 |
William Thorp | 2,013 |
Elizabeth Thorp | 1,305 |
Sarah Thorp | 1,300 |
Thomas Thorp | 1,253 |
James Thorp | 1,106 |
George Thorp | 1,027 |
Ann Thorp | 952 |
Joseph Thorp | 727 |
Henry Thorp | 645 |
Charles Thorp | 603 |
Hannah Thorp | 580 |
Jane Thorp | 541 |
Emma Thorp | 446 |
Alice Thorp | 431 |
Eliza Thorp | 426 |
Edward Thorp | 418 |
Robert Thorp | 384 |
Ellen Thorp | 375 |
Richard Thorp | 349 |
Martha Thorp | 341 |
Annie Thorp | 334 |
Samuel Thorp | 321 |
Alfred Thorp | 289 |