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

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

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

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Thorpe 100% 82,333
2 Thorp 83% 32,330
3 Throp 50% 1,963
4 Throup 50% 1,455
5 Thrope 67% 1,368
6 Tharp 67% 1,057
7 Tharpe 83% 453

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The surname Thorpe is the most popular version of all its varients

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