Dowthwaite

English Alternative forms en Douthat Douthett Douthit Douthitt Etymology Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from the en non - personal name non Ufi + non þveit clearing, glade; the initial d- may come from en fro de of, an element which later became fused into the surname. Compare en Outhwaite. Proper noun s en Old Norse. Statistics According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dowthwaite is the 12877th most common surname in England, belonging to 429 individuals. Further reading dowthwaite