Oglethorpe

== English == === Etymology === Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, so called from the Old Norse personal name Oddketill + thorpe. The personal name is composed by the elements odd (“point of a weapon”) + ketill (“cauldron”). === Proper noun === Oglethorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Oglethorpes) A surname from Old Norse. A small city, the county seat of Macon County, Georgia, United States. ==== Derived terms ==== Bramham cum Oglethorpe Oglethorpe County ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Oglethorpe is the 26761st most common surname in England, belonging to 146 individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Oglethorpe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.