Thorpe Name Origin, Meaning and Family History
Thorpe Name Meaning : A habitational name from any one of a number of places with this name in england.
Old norse thorp 'hamlet','village'.
This name is of Anglo-Saxon origin.Generally 'thorpe' as a placename indicates that it was a 'Danish' settlement.The first recorded spelling dates back to 1158.
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Surname Distribution
Census frequency by county
Name Concentrations Within England and Wales
0
40
81
121
161
201
242
282
322
362
403
443
Buckinghamshire
58
Cambridgeshire
59
Channel Islands
8
Cheshire
94
Cornwall
1
Cumberland
31
Derbyshire
483
Denbighshire
1
Devon
9
Durham
19
Essex
51
Glamorgan
1
Gloucestershire
14
Hampshire
28
Herefordshire
1
Hertfordshire
31
Hunts and Rutland
179
Isle of Man
3
Kent
183
Lancashire
544
Leicestershire
234
Lincolnshire
430
London
500
Middlesex
29
Montgomeryshire
6
Monmouthshire
1
Northumberland
9
Norfolk
213
Northamptonshire
51
Nottinghamshire
301
Oxfordshire
46
Shropshire
4
Suffolk
94
Somerset
11
Surrey
40
Sussex
189
Staffordshire
91
Warwickshire
48
Westmorland
1
Wiltshire
12
Worcestershire
1
Yorkshire
758
Anglesey
0
Bedfordshire
0
Brecknockshire
0
Berkshire
0
Carnarvonshire
0
Cardiganshire
0
Carmarthenshire
0
Dorset
0
Flintshire
0
Merionethshire
0
Pembrokeshire
0
Radnorshire
0
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Thorpe Surname Statistics
Top Professions for the Thorpe family
Profession
Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer
258
Female Servant
164
Independent
113
Farmer
77
Male Servant
76
Labourer
58
Shoe Maker
40
Weaver
36
Coal Miner
36
Ag Labourer
24
Tailor
23
Frame Work Knitter
22
Butcher
21
Cotton Weaver
18
Servant
18
Dress Maker
17
Calico Printer
16
Carpenter
16
Joiner
15
Stone Mason
15
Lace Maker
13
Silk Weaver
13
Apprentice
12
Mason
12
Clerk
11
Most Frequent Forenames for Thorpe
Name
Census Frequency
Mary Thorpe
5,266
John Thorpe
4,920
William Thorpe
4,907
Elizabeth Thorpe
3,211
Sarah Thorpe
3,057
George Thorpe
3,047
Thomas Thorpe
2,889
James Thorpe
2,278
Ann Thorpe
1,767
Joseph Thorpe
1,634
Charles Thorpe
1,631
Henry Thorpe
1,611
Alice Thorpe
1,315
Jane Thorpe
1,294
Annie Thorpe
1,274
Emma Thorpe
1,120
Eliza Thorpe
1,083
Ellen Thorpe
1,074
Robert Thorpe
1,021
Hannah Thorpe
978
Edward Thorpe
945
Alfred Thorpe
919
Arthur Thorpe
883
Frederick Thorpe
811
Samuel Thorpe
739
Thorpe Surname Variants Ranking
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