Harton

English

Etymology

From either Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) or hær (“rock”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Proper noun

Harton (countable and uncountable, plural Hartons)

1. A place in England:
   1. A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7062).
   2. A hamlet in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4888).
   3. A suburb of South Shields, South Tyneside borough, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3764).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• West Harton

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Harton is the 15800^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1843 individuals. Harton is most common among White (68.37%) and Black/African American (25.94%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Harton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136.

Anagrams

• anthro, anthro-, ran hot