Garthside Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Canada

Garthside Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the garth-side,' i.e. living at the side of the garth, the yard or orchard.

Richard atte Garthend, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

This surname first dropped the A, secondly the f, and is now almost universally Garside.

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Garthside Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:6,190,895170,599
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Garthside Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the garth-side,' i.e. living at the side of the garth, the yard or orchard.

Richard atte Garthend, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

This surname first dropped the A, secondly the f, and is now almost universally Garside. 'In the reign of Edward I lived Sir Baldwin Teutonicus, ... who granted to Sir Robert de Holland, in free marriage with Joan, his daughter, all his lands in Butterworth, the Cleggs, Garthside, Akedene, Holynworth, and Halght in Rochdale' (Baines' Lancashire). I believe Garthside lay in Crompton, between Rochdale and Oldham. The surname arose there, and still lives in the district. An article in an Oldham newspaper in 1879, which I have misplaced, entitled 'Old Homesteads,' quoted an entry relating to Robert de Garcesside, 6 Edward III.

Alice Garside, of Oldham, widow, 1597: Wills at Chester.

John Gartside, of Saddleworth, 1597: ibid.

Thomas Gartside, of Deanshaw, husbandman, 1593: ibid.

'James Gaitsyde, for xxu in goods, xs.' (Spotland) Subsidy Roll, 1541, Salford Hundred: Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society.

Oddly enough, the full form still exists in Liverpool. I had thought it long extinct. Probably it is a modern restoration.

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

(Scandinavian) Dweller at the Garth-Side [Old Norse garð-r, a yard, enclosure, garden + Old Norse siða, Dano-Norwegian side]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Garthside Last Name Facts

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

The surname Garthside occurs most in England. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garthside? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Garthside are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most numerous in England, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Berkshire, where 78 percent reside, Oxfordshire, where 11 percent reside and Somerset, where 11 percent reside. Apart from England this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 40 percent reside.

Garthside Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Garthside has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Garthside last name decreased 65 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Hearthside844/
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Hartside820/
Hartsider780/
Archide75200/
Garcide752/
Archaide711/
Arcide6768/
Arzahaide671/
Gortsidis671/
Archidi63349/
Arcaide6351/
Archede6349/
Orchide6329/
Arzideh6311/
Garcida633/
Archidy631/
Archidé631/
Arceide631/
Orchidea5914/
Harcaide591/
Arcede53820/
Arcida5354/
Arcidy5350/
Arcidi5324/
Arzidi535/
Arcyde531/
Arcaida502/
Garzedi502/
Garceda502/
Garcedi501/
Arcaidi500/

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