Torrington

== English == === Etymology === From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). === Proper noun === Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons) A small village in Tenterfield Shire, in northern New South Wales, Australia. A suburb of the city of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada. Ellipsis of Great Torrington: a market town and civil parish with a town council in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4919). A city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. A city, the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== Great Torrington ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Torrington is the 160975th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.