Hetherington

English

Alternative forms

• Etherington, Heatherington

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)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hetherington is the 9552^nd 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.