as a Last Name
- 7,124
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Atherton
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from a place near Manchester named Atherton, from the Old English personal name Æðelhere + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
| 4,959th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,124
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Atherton per capita
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