Micklethwaite

Micklethwaite

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Micklethwait

Etymology

From Old Norse mikill (“great, large”) + þveit (“clearing”).

Proper noun

Micklethwaite (countable and uncountable, plural Micklethwaites)

1. A hamlet in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY284504).
2. A suburban area of Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE402494).
3. A habitational surname, from Old Norse​.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Micklethwaite is the 7665^th most common surname in England, belonging to 844 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Micklethwaite”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN