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Turner

in South Carolina

There are 7,114 people with the last name "Turner" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Turner 30
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  1. is 26th most common Lewis
  2. is 27th most common Campbell
  3. is 28th most common Clark
  4. is 29th most common Adams
  5. is 30th most common Turner
  6. is 31st most common Simmons
  7. is 32nd most common King
  8. is 33rd most common Rogers
  9. is 34th most common Allen

Most Common First Names for Turner

James, John, William, Robert, David, Michael, Charles, Mary, Thomas, 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 South Carolina

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James Turner, SC (85 searches)
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