Atlow

Atlow

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Eatta + hlāw (“hill; tumulus”)[1].

Proper noun

Atlow (countable and uncountable, plural Atlows)

1. A village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2348).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Atlow is the 197606^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 103 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Atlow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.
• Forebears

References

1. "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.