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Thornton

in Kentucky

There are 1,077 people with the last name "Thornton" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

NameRank
Thornton 492
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  1. is 488th most common Case
  2. is 489th most common Fulkerson
  3. is 490th most common Mcdowell
  4. is 491st most common Bratcher
  5. is 492nd most common Thornton
  6. is 493rd most common Townsend
  7. is 494th most common Crouch
  8. is 495th most common Clemons
  9. is 496th most common Keller

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Thornton

James, Michael, David, John, Charles, Robert, William, Ronald, Brenda, Jerry

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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