Harston
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Hardstone
Etymology
Two possible origins:
- The village in Cambridgeshire is probably named with the Old English personal name Herel + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
- The village in Leicestershire is named with Old English hār (“grey”) + stān (“stone”).
Proper noun
Harston (countable and uncountable, plural Harstons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4250). [1]
- A small village in Belvoir parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8331).
- A small town in the City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Harston is the 32365th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 711 individuals. Harston is most common among White (64.28%) and Black/African American (29.82%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Harston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135.