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Turner

in California

There are 15,772 people with the last name "Turner" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Turner 100
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  1. is 96th most common Stewart
  2. is 97th most common Santos
  3. is 98th most common Parker
  4. is 99th most common Ortega
  5. is 100th most common Turner
  6. is 101st most common Cortez
  7. is 102nd most common Guerrero
  8. is 103rd most common Morris
  9. is 104th most common Padilla

Most Common First Names for Turner

Robert, James, John, David, William, Michael, Richard, Thomas

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: occupational name for a maker of objects of wood, metal, or bone by turning on a lathe, from Anglo-Norman French torner (Old French tornier, Latin tornarius, a derivative of tornus ‘lathe’). The surname may also derive from any of various other senses of Middle English turn, for example a turnspit, a translator or interpreter, or a tumbler.

English: nickname for a fast runner, from Middle English turnen ‘to turn’ + ‘hare’.

English: occupational name for an official in charge of a tournament, Old French tornei (in origin akin to 1).

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place called Turno or Turna, in Poland and Belarus, or from the city of Tarnów (Yiddish Turne) in Poland.

Translated or Americanized form of any of various other like-meaning or likesounding Jewish surnames.

South German (T(h)ürner): occupational name for a guard in a tower or a topographic name from Middle High German turn ‘tower’, or a habitational name for someone from any of various places named Thurn, for example in Austria.

Recent Searches for "Turner" in California

Since June 2009
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Robert Turner, CA (97 searches)
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