Harton

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

Harton (countable and uncountable, plural Hartons)

1. A suburb of South Shields, South Tyneside borough, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3764).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

• West Harton

• 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.

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

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