Abthorpe Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Canada

Abthorpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abthorpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:2,653,24194,788
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Abthorpe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abthorpe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Abthorpe is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abthorpe? popularity and diffusion

Abthorpe is the 3,274,477th most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. Abthorpe occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Abthorpe are found; 58 percent are found in Northern Europe and 58 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,653,241. In England Abthorpe is most prevalent in: Nottinghamshire, where 38 percent live, Cambridgeshire, where 29 percent live and Hertfordshire, where 19 percent live. Not including England this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 42 percent live.

Abthorpe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Abthorpe has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Abthorpe surname grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abthorp930/
Apthorpe88436/
Gawthorpe82800/
Apthorppe823/
Hawthorpe821/
Aptthorpe820/
Apthorp80412/
Epthorpe751/
Aptharpe750/
Gowthorpe71192/
Havtorp673/
Aptharp670/
Hovtorp531/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abthorpe
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