Atherton Family History
Atherton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place near Manchester named
Atherton, from the Old English personal name Æ{dh}elhere +
Old English tun ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Atherton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Atherton families
 66 - 129  23 - 65 |
 1 - 22  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Atherton families
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2,130 - 4,257 711 - 2,129 |
1 - 710 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Atherton families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Atherton Family Origin
Atherton Immigration Information
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Atherton Family Occupations
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