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 2
Buckinghamshire 9
Berkshire 5
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 43
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 725
Derbyshire 0
Devon 5
Dorset 0
Durham 408
Essex 29
Gloucestershire 10
Hampshire 17
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 10
Lancashire 413
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 123
Middlesex 44
Northumberland 420
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 21
Sussex 18
Staffordshire 8
Warwickshire 21
Westmorland 26
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 39
Yorkshire 223

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Hetherington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hetherington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 457
Coal Miner 65
General Labourer 37
Farmer 32
General Servant Domestic 25
Dress Maker 23
Farm Servant 21
Labourer 17
Domestic Servant 17
Living On Her Own Means 16
Agricultural Labourer 15
Joiner 15
Tailor 14
Blacksmith 14
Cotton Weaver 14
Living On Own Means 14
House Keeper 11
Farmer's Son 10
Clerk 9
Draper 8
General Domestic Servant 8
General Servant 8
Grocer 8
Inn Keeper 8
Engine Fitter 7

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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