Sutherland

Meanings

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A former county of Scotland, since 1975 part of Highland region and council area.
3. A suburb and local government area (Sutherland Shire) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
4. A locality in the Shire of Northern Grampians, central western Victoria, Australia.
5. A neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
6. A town in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
7. A number of places in the United States:
8. A small city in O'Brien County, Iowa.
9. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri.
10. A village in Lincoln County, Nebraska.
11. A census-designated place in Millard County, Utah.
12. An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.

Etymology

The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (“south”) + land (“land”), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland. In some cases, the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.