as a Last Name
- 15,224
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Hawthorne
Meaning & Origins
English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived by a bush or hedge of hawthorn (Old English haguþorn, hægþorn, i.e. thorn used for making hedges and enclosures, Old English haga, (ge)hæg), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Hawthorn in County Durham. In Scotland the surname originated in the Durham place name, and from Scotland it was taken to Ireland. This spelling is now found primarily in northern Ireland.
| 2,067th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,224
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Hawthorne per capita
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