Birtwistle
English
Alternative forms
- Bertwistle, Birtwhistle
Etymology
Habitational surname from a lost village in Lancashire, from Old Norse birki- (“birchen”) + Old English twisel (“fork, bifurcation”).
Proper noun
Birtwistle (plural Birtwistles)
- A surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Birtwistle is the 129825th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 131 individuals. Birtwistle is most common among White (97.71%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Birtwistle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.