Harrington Surname

4,549th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123,732 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Harrington Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Harrington,' a town in Cumberland.

Ricardus de Heryngton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Harrington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States88,3181:4,104456
England13,0771:4,261574
Australia7,3631:3,666523
Ireland4,9211:957179
Canada4,3541:8,4621,259
New Zealand1,0561:4,288669
South Africa9171:59,0817,474
Wales7321:4,228458
Scotland3471:15,4291,934
Thailand2611:270,64546,481
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Northern Ireland2181:8,4631,411
Argentina1791:238,79019,438
France1731:383,94656,838
Trinidad and Tobago1681:8,1191,176
Liberia1421:31,0462,951
Germany1101:731,86855,248
Panama1031:37,9832,040
Spain991:472,24324,257
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
Japan651:1,966,83527,587
Venezuela611:495,1499,508
Denmark501:112,89410,491
Chile461:382,96710,457
United Arab Emirates451:203,60614,059
Ecuador441:361,4969,599
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
Malta301:14,342837
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Zambia261:609,61224,798
Norway251:205,69123,411
Jersey221:4,509908
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Bermuda171:3,840587
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Costa Rica161:298,7543,169
Solomon Islands161:36,2527,281
China151:91,154,7714,767
American Samoa141:3,983910
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
United States Virgin Islands131:8,4901,249
Hong Kong121:611,2903,500
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines91:12,518834
India81:95,883,173728,828
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Guyana71:108,8897,175
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Anguilla21:6,718471
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland4,1611:1,065197
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,2421:4,650703
Wales3231:4,856334
Scotland1041:35,9922,855
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,6221:2,559277

Harrington (1,593) may also be a first name.

Harrington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Harrington,' a town in Cumberland.

Ricardus de Heryngton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Harrington (Lincs, Northants, Cumb., &c.) = 1 the Manor of the Her(e- Family [Anglo-Saxon *Heringa-tún-here, army + -inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing +ú tun, a manor, estate] 2 Herrinc’s Manor [Old English here-rinc, a warrior] Harrington, Cumb., was Heryngton in the 14th cent.

Harrington is also an assimilated form of Haverington, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This English name in Kerry usually stands for Ó hIongardail formerly anglicized O’Hingerdell; but Ó hArrachtáin (Harraughten) is also called Harrington there. IF 174; MIF 255; Map Cork

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English, Irish) One who came from Harrington (the heath-dwellers' enclosure), in Northamptonshire; grandson of the tall or powerful man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Parishes in cos. Lincoln and Northampton.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. From the parish of Harrington, in Cumberland, corrupted from Haverington, so called from Haver, Dutch, Haber, Teutonic, oats, ing, a field, and ton. The town in or surrounded by oat fields.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(English), Haveringtun, Heifer's meadow town. There is another place from which the surname may have been de­rived, a seaport in co. Cumberland, called Harrington; i. e., Herring town?

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

A location name in Cumberland, Northamptonshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Harrington Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Harrington Come From? nationality or country of origin

Harrington occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Harrington? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,549th most widespread last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 58,898 people. The surname Harrington occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Harrington reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Harrington is also the 193,676th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 1,593 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 88,318 people, or 1 in 4,104. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 9 percent reside, New York, where 8 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 104 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.

Harrington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Harrington has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Harrington surname rose 450 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 249 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 118 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it rose 227 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 334 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Harrington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Harrington surname is principally Catholic (99%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Harrington last name are 3.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.09% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Harrington earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.07% more than the national average, earning 425,916 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 59.92% more than the national average, earning R 380,040 per year; in United States they earn 2.73% more than the national average, earning $44,327 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.59% more than the national average, earning $53,456 CAD per year.

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