Harton
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English
Etymology
From either Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) or hær (“rock”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
Proper noun
Harton (countable and uncountable, plural Hartons)
- A place in England:
- A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7062). [1]
- A hamlet in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4888).
- A suburb of South Shields, South Tyneside borough, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3764).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Harton is the 15800th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1843 individuals. Harton is most common among White (68.37%) and Black/African American (25.94%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Harton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136.