Rowarth

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Raworth

Etymology

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Rowarth (countable and uncountable, plural Rowarths)

1. A hamlet in New Mills parish, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0188).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rowarth is the 23520^th most common surname in England, belonging to 178 individuals.

Further reading

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