Hesketh

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Heskett

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Hesketh Bank, in Lancashire, from Old Norse hestr (“stallion”) + skeið (“racecourse”).

Proper noun

Hesketh (countable and uncountable, plural Heskeths)

1. A surname from Old Norse.
2. A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.

Related terms

• Hesketh Bank
• Hesketh with Becconsall

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hesketh is the 41579^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523 individuals. Hesketh is most common among White (96.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hesketh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171.