Hetherington
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from either Old English hēahdēor (“deer, stag”) or hǣddre (“heather”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Hetherington (plural Hetheringtons)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hetherington is the 9552nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3403 individuals. Hetherington is most common among White (89.66%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hetherington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 172.