Harrington Surname
Approximately 123,732 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 88,318 | 1:4,104 | 456 |
| England | 13,077 | 1:4,261 | 574 |
| Australia | 7,363 | 1:3,666 | 523 |
| Ireland | 4,921 | 1:957 | 179 |
| Canada | 4,354 | 1:8,462 | 1,259 |
| New Zealand | 1,056 | 1:4,288 | 669 |
| South Africa | 917 | 1:59,081 | 7,474 |
| Wales | 732 | 1:4,228 | 458 |
| Scotland | 347 | 1:15,429 | 1,934 |
| Thailand | 261 | 1:270,645 | 46,481 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Northern Ireland | 218 | 1:8,463 | 1,411 |
| Argentina | 179 | 1:238,790 | 19,438 |
| France | 173 | 1:383,946 | 56,838 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 168 | 1:8,119 | 1,176 |
| Liberia | 142 | 1:31,046 | 2,951 |
| Germany | 110 | 1:731,868 | 55,248 |
| Panama | 103 | 1:37,983 | 2,040 |
| Spain | 99 | 1:472,243 | 24,257 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Japan | 65 | 1:1,966,835 | 27,587 |
| Venezuela | 61 | 1:495,149 | 9,508 |
| Denmark | 50 | 1:112,894 | 10,491 |
| Chile | 46 | 1:382,967 | 10,457 |
| United Arab Emirates | 45 | 1:203,606 | 14,059 |
| Ecuador | 44 | 1:361,496 | 9,599 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Zambia | 26 | 1:609,612 | 24,798 |
| Norway | 25 | 1:205,691 | 23,411 |
| Jersey | 22 | 1:4,509 | 908 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Bermuda | 17 | 1:3,840 | 587 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Costa Rica | 16 | 1:298,754 | 3,169 |
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 1:36,252 | 7,281 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| American Samoa | 14 | 1:3,983 | 910 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 13 | 1:8,490 | 1,249 |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 1:611,290 | 3,500 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9 | 1:12,518 | 834 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:42,911 | 3,686 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4,161 | 1:1,065 | 197 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5,242 | 1:4,650 | 703 |
| Wales | 323 | 1:4,856 | 334 |
| Scotland | 104 | 1:35,992 | 2,855 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19,622 | 1:2,559 | 277 |
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.
(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.
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
(English, Irish) One who came from Harrington (the heath-dwellers' enclosure), in Northamptonshire; grandson of the tall or powerful man.
Parishes in cos. Lincoln and Northampton.
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.
(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?
A location name in Cumberland, Northamptonshire.
Harrington Demographics
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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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