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Thornton

in Illinois

There are 2,138 people with the last name "Thornton" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

NameRank
Thornton 422
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  1. is 418th most common Hubbard
  2. is 419th most common Dominguez
  3. is 420th most common Joseph
  4. is 421st most common Maldonado
  5. is 422nd most common Thornton
  6. is 423rd most common Ayala
  7. is 424th most common Goodman
  8. is 425th most common Campos
  9. is 426th most common Velazquez

Similar Names and Nicknames

Thorpe, Thorne, Thorn, Thornhill, Thornburg, Thorson, Thorp, Thorton, Thorsen, Thoreson

Most Common First Names for Thornton

James, Michael, John, Robert, David, Mary, William, Thomas, Jennifer, Ronald

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the numerous places throughout England and Scotland so called, from Old English þorn ‘thorn bush’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

Irish: Anglicized (translated) form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin ‘son of Sceachán’ (see Skehan).

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’ (see Drennan).

Irish: possibly a translated form of Gaelic Ó Muineacháin (see Monahan).

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