Hetherington Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 53
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 899
Derbyshire 4
Devon 3
Dorset 0
Durham 289
Essex 10
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 2
Kent 8
Lancashire 271
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 69
Middlesex 16
Northumberland 409
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 10
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 18
Sussex 5
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 35
Westmorland 27
Wiltshire 9
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 215

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Hetherington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hetherington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 412
House Servant 42
Agricultural Labourer 40
Coal Miner 37
Lead Miner 35
Cotton Weaver 31
House Keeper 31
Labourer 28
Farmers Son 16
Dress Maker 15
Servant 14
Farmer 13
Blacksmith 12
Carter 12
Domestic Servant 11
Farm Servant 11
Milliner 10
Grocer 10
House Maid 10
Shoe Maker 9
Farmer's Wife 9
Laundress 9
Lead Ore Miner 9
Farmer's Son 8
General Servant 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Hetherington

Name Census Frequency
John Hetherington 2,053
Mary Hetherington 1,815
William Hetherington 1,545
Thomas Hetherington 1,341
Elizabeth Hetherington 1,134
Jane Hetherington 933
Joseph Hetherington 888
Sarah Hetherington 888
Margaret Hetherington 735
Robert Hetherington 658
James Hetherington 632
George Hetherington 627
Ann Hetherington 537
Hannah Hetherington 391
Isabella Hetherington 366
Annie Hetherington 288
Richard Hetherington 247
Charles Hetherington 199
Alice Hetherington 194
Henry Hetherington 193
Martha Hetherington 170
Isaac Hetherington 154
Edward Hetherington 141
Ellen Hetherington 133
Emma Hetherington 133

Hetherington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hetherington 100% 23,101
2 Heatherington 92% 1,609
3 Hatherington 92% 276
4 Hethrington 92% 251
5 Hitherington 92% 179

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The surname Hetherington is the most popular version of all its varients

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