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Atherton

in the US

There are 5,694 people with the last name "Atherton" in the United States.

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Atherton 4,815
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  1. is 4,811th most common Guo
  2. is 4,812th most common Howerton
  3. is 4,813th most common Philips
  4. is 4,814th most common Ferrante
  5. is 4,815th most common Atherton
  6. is 4,816th most common Woolsey
  7. is 4,817th most common Fulcher
  8. is 4,818th most common Musgrove
  9. is 4,819th most common Soper

Similar Names and Nicknames

Athey, Athens, Atherley, Athearn, Atherholt, Atherly, Ather, Athen, Athena, Atterton

Most Common First Names for Atherton

James, Robert, David, John, William, Michael, Thomas, Richard, Charles, Mark

Meaning & History

English: habitational name from a place near Manchester named Atherton, from the Old English personal name Æðelhere + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.

FOREBEARS Major-General Humphrey Atherton arrived from England in 1636, settling at Dorchester, MA, and becoming governor of the colony. Joshua Atherton (1737–1809), probably a descendant of the major-general, was an early antislavery campaigner in MA.

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