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Thornton

in Maryland

There are 1,435 people with the last name "Thornton" in Maryland.

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Ranking in Maryland

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Thornton 311
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  1. is 307th most common Lowe
  2. is 308th most common Moran
  3. is 309th most common Gregory
  4. is 310th most common Davidson
  5. is 311th most common Thornton
  6. is 312th most common Rhodes
  7. is 313th most common Welch
  8. is 314th most common Williamson
  9. is 315th most common Lyons

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Thornton

James, John, William, Charles, Michael, Thomas, Mary, Joseph, Robert

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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