Southouse Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Southouse Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the salthouse,' the place where salt was made from sea-water by evaporation. Middle English salt, Dutch zout. v. Southouse. In the first instance below I suspect the occupation of souter (shoemaker) is accidental.

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Southouse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:1,238,17956,985
Jersey51:19,8403,614
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Southouse Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the salthouse,' the place where salt was made from sea-water by evaporation. Middle English salt, Dutch zout. v. Southouse. In the first instance below I suspect the occupation of souter (shoemaker) is accidental. But, if not, Southouse in London Directories is an abbreviation of Souter-house, the shoemaker's house. I had a Soutergate in my late parish (Ulverston), i.e. the shoemaker's road. But this abbreviation would scarcely occur in a formal record in 1379. It is far more natural to make Southouse, the surname, a variant of Salthouse. Two small places, a Salthouse in Lytham, and a Salthouse in Furness, where salt was obtained from sea-water, have originated two families of Salthouse in North Lancashire.

Simon del Southouse, souter, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Adam de Salthus, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

(This is the parish of Salthouse, Norfolk.)

Janet Saltehowse, of Pulton. 1562: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

Agnes Saltus, of Ulverston, 1596. ibid.

John Salthouse, of Saltcoathouses, 1661: ibid.

William Saltus, of Banke, 1662: ibid.

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

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the salthouse'; v. Salthouse. Saut is still a Northern provincialism for salt.

1345. John de Southouse, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

Simon del Southouse, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

William Sauthowse, 1512: Sanctuarium Dunelmense et Sanctuarium Beverlacense.

1658. Martin Southouse, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1742. Married — Henry Southouse and Jane Munden: Canterbury Cath.

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

(English) Dweller at the South House [Middle English Southouse; Old English súð + hús]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Salthouse is a name now mostly confined to Lancashire. De Salthus was a Norfolk name in the 13th century (H. R.); there is a parish of Salthouse in that county, and De Salthouse was a common clerical name in that county in the 14th century (Blomefield's "Norfolk"). Salthouse is a Norfolk parish.

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

Southouse Last Name Facts

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

The last name Southouse is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Southouse click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Southouse? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,635,433rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Southouse reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 1,238,179. In England Southouse is most frequent in: East Sussex, where 53 percent live, Kent, where 18 percent live and Devon, where 11 percent live. Other than England this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Jersey, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Southouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Southouse has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Southouse last name expanded 180 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Southhouse950/
Soutous8836/
Sothose882/
Southeus821/
Soutos80100/
Soutus8079/
Sotose8044/
Sothus808/
Suthus803/
Sutose802/
Satthouse780/
Southease780/
Sotushe7533/
Southas7522/
Suthaus7518/
Suthues7514/
Suthosa759/
Soutosa756/
Souttos753/
Suthusi752/
Sothase751/
Satouse751/
Sathuse751/
Couttousse741/
Schuethuse740/
Sotos712,534/
Sutus71351/
Sutthosa71243/
Sotus7176/
Sutoyose7148/
Siyotose7138/
Soutossi7120/
Sutos7110/
Sutejose713/
Suthayos712/
Southasa712/
Satousse712/
Suthasee711/
Sothashe711/
Suthuesi711/
Suthashe711/
Southeis710/
Schuthus710/
Sutthaus710/
Soutiese710/
Suethaus710/
Cathouse710/
Siotos67319/
Schothuis67276/
Soutas67235/
Satuse67135/
Sottos6784/
Suthotsit6768/
Soitos6753/
Coutausse6735/
Sautos679/
Sutosa678/
Suthas677/
Sotusa676/
Sathos675/
Suttos674/
Zotose674/
Sostos673/
Geathouse673/
Sothas672/
Suteus672/
Suttus672/
Satous672/
Sutase672/
Suotos671/
Sathus671/
Shutus671/
Sutosi671/
Sotosa671/
Sotoze671/
Southeast671/
Sotase671/

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