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Cattlow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Catlow' some spot near Burnley or Marsden, Lancashire.

Adam de Catlowe, of Marsden, Lincolnshire, 1332: Lay Subsidy (Rvlands).

Robert de Catlowe, of Marsden, Lancashire, 1332: ibid.

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Cattlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Cattlow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Catlow' some spot near Burnley or Marsden, Lancashire.

Adam de Catlowe, of Marsden, Lincolnshire, 1332: Lay Subsidy (Rvlands).

Robert de Catlowe, of Marsden, Lancashire, 1332: ibid.

John Catlow, of Handbridge, Chester, 1642: Wills at Chester.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Cattlow or Catlow = prob. Catta’s Tumulus [Old English hlœw (burial) mound, hill]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Catlow is the name of an old manor, which gave its name to the ancient family of De Catlowe or De Cattelowe in Whalley parish during the 13th and 14th centuries (W. W.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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