Scothern

English

Etymology

From Old English Scottas (“Scots”) + þorn (“thorny bush”).

Proper noun

Scothern (countable and uncountable, plural Scotherns)

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0377).
A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Scothern is the 117480^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 148 individuals. Scothern is most common among White (97.97%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scothern”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Michael Scothern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Cotherns, Cothrens, chortens, notchers, scorneth

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