Hetherington is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 12 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hetherington
No. of characters: 12
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hetherington

How popular is Hetherington?

Hetherington is common in Canada.

Hetherington is ranked 28233 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hetherington bearers increased by 4.707692 per cent in 2010 US census to 3403 since 2000, the surname slipped by 322 spots and ranked at 9552. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.66 92.71
Black 5.11 3.69
Hispanic or Latino 2.5 1.48
Others 1.85 1.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0.37
Hetherington is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 17903 people have been found who wears Hetherington as their family name. Hetherington is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
108,034 Italy3
14,054 China3
4,915 Panama3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
4,164 Vietnam2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
139,444 Brazil2
35,969 Denmark2
118,441 Germany2
900 Laos2
40,340 Malaysia1
1,704,541 India1
66,560 Philippines1
174,544 Czech Republic1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
7,191 Afghanistan1
3,350 Fiji1
2,057 Myanmar1
42,479 Greece1
1,818 Guernsey1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
36,547 Switzerland27
42,407 Sweden22
69,202 Netherlands18
15,050 Singapore18
406,964 Russia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
41,736 Spain51
Countries with hundreds of Hetherington:
9,471 South Africa676
1,253 Scotland610
754 Northern Ireland429
2,018 New Zealand374
1,603 Ireland328
66,174 France147
1,845 Hong Kong130
3,094 Wales124
Countries with thousands of Hetherington:
1,381 England5,711
8,504 United States4,390
1,148 Australia2,759
2,488 Canada1,986
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Hetherington worked as spinster and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Belfast on Mariane and arrived on November 20, 1848. Farmer James Hetherington, Isabella Hetherington (28) , 24 years old Jas. Hetherington, 23 years old Anne Hetherington, Michael Hetherington, aged 20, 11 years old Maria Hetherington, John Hetherington (14) Immigrant, Immigrant Jane Hetherington, and 1 other Hetherington mainly workman migrated to US from Glasgow, Liverpool and Belfast.

Hetherington Namesakes

  • Jill Hetherington, Tennis player
  • Alastair Hetherington, Journalist
  • Tim Hetherington, Photojournalist
  • Roger Hetherington, Civil engineer
  • Kevin Hetherington, Soccer player
  • Tim Hetherington, Photojournalist
  • Chris Hetherington, Football player
  • Chris Hetherington, Football player
  • Jill Hetherington, Tennis player
  • Jill Hetherington, Tennis player

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