Torrington
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English
Etymology
From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)
- A small village in Tenterfield Shire, in northern New South Wales, Australia.
- A suburb of the city of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
- A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
- Short for Great Torrington, a market town in Devon, England.
- A city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Torrington is the 160975th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 100 individuals. Torrington is most common among White (76.0%) and Black/African American (20.0%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Torrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.