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Oglethorpe
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English
Etymology
Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, so called from the en non - personal name non Oddketill + en thorpe. The personal name is composed by the elements non odd point of a weapon + non ketill cauldron.
Proper noun
~ s
en Old Norse.
en small city/county seat co/Macon County s/Georgia c/USA.
Derived terms
en Bramham cum Oglethorpe
en Oglethorpe County
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Oglethorpe is the 26761st most common surname in England, belonging to 146 individuals.
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