Last name: THORPE
Welcome at Geneanet!
With Geneanet, find your ancestors from home, create your family tree for free, and explore and share your family history. Genealogy has never been easier, thanks to our database of 9 billion individuals, and our community of enthusiasts.
All you have to know about the last name THORPE
Last name frequency
THORPE : This last name is indexed 175,167 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
THORPE : English (mainly Yorkshire and Lancashire): from Middle English thorp(e) ‘village hamlet farmstead’ (Old Norse Old English thorp ‘secondary settlement’). The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in such a settlement or habitational for someone from any of several places called Thorp(e) which are most frequent in Yorkshire the Midlands and East Anglia. Compare Throop.
Learn moreVariants of last name
The spelling of names may have changed over the centuries. Knowing these names variants will help you build your family tree.
Search a name
Discover your ancestors and build your family tree step by step through billions of data included in our members' family trees and through civil records.
Most popular first names
- John (14,069)
- William (10,514)
- Thomas (7,909)
- Mary (5,651)
- James (5,334)
- George (5,185)
- Elizabeth (4,782)
- Robert (3,483)
- Joseph (3,372)
- Richard (3,149)
- Sarah (2,932)
- Henry (2,683)
- Ann (2,395)
- Charles (2,169)
- Edward (1,935)
- Samuel (1,859)
- Alice (1,524)
- Jane (1,438)
- Hannah (1,388)
- Benjamin (1,288)
- Margaret (1,218)
- Anne (1,149)
- Mary Ann (1,057)
- Francis (966)
- Martha (939)
- Edmund (913)
- Stephen (775)
- David (747)
- Ellen (706)
- Eliza (691)
- Alfred (682)
- Isabel (681)
- Arthur (629)
- Emma (620)
- Walter (581)
- Frederick (550)
- Jim (547)
- Harry (535)
- Mr. (503)
- Frances (489)
- Albert (477)
- Daniel (458)
- Harriet (448)
- Maria (448)
- Sarah Ann (419)
- Frank (411)
- Joan (405)
- Annie (398)
- Charlotte (396)
- Christopher (389)
- Catherine (384)
- Peter (363)
- Harold (358)
- Rebecca (355)
- Betty (338)
- William Henry (333)
- Isaac (329)
- Fred (327)
- Harvey (319)
- John William (312)
Most indexed places
- England (1,756)
- Prestwich (1,309)
- Ashwellthorpe (1,260)
- Manchester (1,165)
- Norwich (992)
- Missouri (729)
- London (680)
- New (671)
- Yorkshire (661)
- Oldham (657)
- Derby (650)
- Kent (643)
- Whittington, Whittington (611)
- Cathedral,manchester (573)
- Lincoln (555)
- Navenby, Lincoln (510)
- Auckland (474)
- St Laurance, Heanor (473)
- Norfolk (452)
- Fletching, Sussex (444)
- New Haven, New Haven (442)
- Cathedral,Manchester (438)
- Assington (429)
- Thorpe (426)
- Leigh (418)
- Suffolk (399)
- Virginia (393)
- Ireland (385)
- Yarmouth (372)
- York (370)
- Dublin (348)
- Essex (346)
- Luddenden, York (343)
- Speldhurst (342)
- Layham (333)
- Washington (333)
- St Peter's Church, Derby (321)
- East Grinstead, Sussex (316)
- Derbyshire (311)
- Ashford (309)
- Southampton (308)
- Saint Michael,ashton Under Lyne (307)
- Uppingham, Rutland (307)
- Shouldham (303)
- South Wingfield, South Wingfield (300)
- Suffolk County Bts (300)
- All Saints Church, Derby (287)
- Blackley (287)
- Liverpool (285)
- Rye, Sussex (285)
- Howden,york (275)
- Wye (275)
- Uppingham, Ruttland (274)
- Codnor (256)
- Drinkstone (243)
- Heanor (240)
- Willingdon, Sussex (240)
- Chesterfield (238)
- Saint Mary,bury (235)
- Canterbury (227)
Most indexed countries
- United Kingdom (123,966)
- United States (27,701)
- Australia (4,437)
- Ireland (3,227)
- New Zealand (2,910)
- France (1,479)
- Canada (1,122)
- Unknown country (784)
- Switzerland (514)
- Germany (301)
- Sweden (229)
- Belgium (196)
- India (155)
- Italy (118)
- Netherlands (100)
- Norway (88)
- South Africa (46)
- Denmark (39)
Available collections for this name
- Archives
(109,248) - Family Trees
(32,955) - Newspapers
(20,317) - Books
(10,506) - Other
(1,304) - Magazines
(354) - Obituaries
(217) - Cemeteries
(156) - Memorials
(95) - Coats of Arms
(15)