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Thornton

in Massachusetts

There are 945 people with the last name "Thornton" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

NameRank
Thornton 752
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  1. is 748th most common Olsen
  2. is 749th most common Burgos
  3. is 750th most common Grace
  4. is 751st most common Batista
  5. is 752nd most common Thornton
  6. is 753rd most common Cloutier
  7. is 754th most common Ducharme
  8. is 755th most common Hale
  9. is 756th most common Mooney

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Thornton

John, Thomas, David, Michael, Robert, Mary, James, Deborah, Richard, Patricia

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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