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Thornton

in South Carolina

There are 818 people with the last name "Thornton" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Thornton 656
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  1. is 652nd most common Saunders
  2. is 653rd most common Randolph
  3. is 654th most common Weathers
  4. is 655th most common Brady
  5. is 656th most common Thornton
  6. is 657th most common Funderburk
  7. is 658th most common Moon
  8. is 659th most common Randall
  9. is 660th most common Mcconnell

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Thornton

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

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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