Torrington

English

Etymology

From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)

1. A small village in Tenterfield Shire, in northern New South Wales, Australia.
2. A suburb of the city of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
3. A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
4. Short for Great Torrington, a market town in Devon, England.
5. A city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
6. A city, the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States.
7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Great Torrington

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Torrington is the 160975^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 100 individuals. Torrington is most common among White (76.0%) and Black/African American (20.0%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Torrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.