Satterthwaite
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Person from Satterthwaite, Cumbria, ‘clearing by a shieling’
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/sætɚθweɪt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Satterthwaite is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Person from Satterthwaite, Cumbria, ‘clearing by a shieling’.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Satterthwaite is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Satterthwaite in Hawkstead (Lancs); first attested William Setterthwaite 1614 FrY
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, the Lake District, so called from OE s^etr shieling + ON pveit pasture (see Thwaite). Sault I. English; var. of Salt. 2. French: topographic name for someone who lived near a grove or small Vars.: Satterfitt, Setterfield. Vars. (of 2): Fr.: Dussau(l)t, Dussaud; Duss(e)aux, Duseau(x). wood, OF saut (L saltus). Dims, (of 2): It.: Saltilo. Sp.: Sotelo, Sotillo(s).
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, the Lake District, so called from OE scetr shieling + ON pveit pasture (see Thwaite) . Vars.: Satterfitt, Setterfield.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Thomas Edward Satterthwaiteb. 1843USAmerican physician (1843–1934)
- Phyllis Satterthwaiteb. 1889GBBritish tennis player (1889–1962)
- John Satterthwaiteb. 1925GBBishop in Europe; Bishop of Fulham and Gibraltar (1925-2014)
- Ann Satterthwaiteb. 1931USAmerican urban planner
- David Satterthwaiteb. 1951GBBritish urbanist and climate change researcher
- Mark Satterthwaiteb. 1953USAmerican economist
- Amy Satterthwaiteb. 1986NZNew Zealand cricketer
- Miranda SatterthwaiteNZNew Zealand science educator
- Theodore D SatterthwaiteUSresearcher
- Philip SatterthwaiteGBBritish Old Testament scholar
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.4K | #19,901 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.3K | #20,408 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.2K | #20,219 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 851 | #7,505 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #390,152 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1 | #25,169 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Satterthwaite mean, and where does it come from?
- Person from Satterthwaite, Cumbria, ‘clearing by a shieling’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Satterthwaite?
- A machine transcription gives /sætɚθweɪt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Satterthwaite have the most bearers?
- Satterthwaite is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Satterthwaite”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.