Calthorpe
English
Etymology
From the Old Norse personal name Kali + Old English þorp (“village”).
Proper noun
Calthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Calthorpes)
- A village in Erpingham parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG180063).
- A habitational surname.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Calthorpe is the 21591st most common surname in England, belonging to 202 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calthorpe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.