Rowbotham

English

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Rowbotham

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Alternative forms

• Robotham, Rowbottom

Etymology

From Old English rūh (“rough, overgrown”) + botm (“bottom”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in an overgrown valley.

Proper noun

Rowbotham (plural Rowbothams)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rowbotham is the 33343^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 685 individuals. Rowbotham is most common among White (93.28%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rowbotham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.