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Thornton

in Pennsylvania

There are 1,861 people with the last name "Thornton" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

NameRank
Thornton 511
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  1. is 507th most common Gates
  2. is 508th most common Dunlap
  3. is 509th most common Hines
  4. is 510th most common Hanna
  5. is 511th most common Thornton
  6. is 512th most common Dugan
  7. is 513th most common John
  8. is 514th most common Krause
  9. is 515th most common Frye

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Thornton

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

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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