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    The surname Garthwaite

    A Norse place surname, carried by 644 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G633

    Garthwaite: #35,016 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Garthwaite #35,016, 644 people Garthwaite: #35,016 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Garthwaite #35,016, 644 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garthwaite is more common than 78.4% of them.

    Origin

    Norse origin

    English habitational surname from a lost place in Northern England; the second element is probably from Old Norse þveit (“clearing, glade”).

    Garthwaite is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 644 people named Garthwaite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 479,419 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 637.

    #35,016
    rank among US surnames
    644
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #33,735)

    Who is named Garthwaite

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    98% of people named Garthwaite identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Norse surnames

    All 126 Norse surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Garthwaite come from?
    English habitational surname from a lost place in Northern England; the second element is probably from Old Norse þveit (“clearing, glade”).
    How common is the surname Garthwaite?
    644 people in the United States had the surname Garthwaite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 479,419 Americans. It ranked 35,016th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Garthwaite?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Garthwaite identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Garthwaite?
    Garthwaite is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Garthwaite getting more or less common?
    More common. 637 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 644 in 2010, up 1.1%.