In England the surname Heseltine was most common in the North East of England, particularly North and West Yorkshire and County Durham. Haselton and similar variants such as Hazelton were more common in the South East particularly Suffolk, Essex and Kent. This suggests a separate origin for the variants, the former resulting from the northern place names in Durham and Yorkshire and the other from the SouTh East. Hazelton is by far the most common variant in the United States, along with Hazeltine and Haseltine. Heseltine is much less common than in England, in 2014 it is concentrated in small pockets in particularly Los Angeles, California; Essex County, New Jersey; Greene County Missouri and  Cook County Illinois. In 1880 it is found mainly in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. Suggesting a migration mainly from southern England. 

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