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Turner

in North Carolina

There are 10,581 people with the last name "Turner" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Turner 40
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  1. is 36th most common Scott
  2. is 37th most common Young
  3. is 38th most common Green
  4. is 39th most common Campbell
  5. is 40th most common Turner
  6. is 41st most common Rogers
  7. is 42nd most common Ward
  8. is 43rd most common Cox
  9. is 44th most common Richardson

Most Common First Names for Turner

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

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 North Carolina

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