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Thornton

in Tennessee

There are 1,868 people with the last name "Thornton" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

NameRank
Thornton 383
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  1. is 379th most common Clayton
  2. is 380th most common Gonzalez
  3. is 381st most common Ayers
  4. is 382nd most common Kirk
  5. is 383rd most common Thornton
  6. is 384th most common Webster
  7. is 385th most common Keith
  8. is 386th most common Pruitt
  9. is 387th most common Dawson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Thornton

James, Robert, William, David, John, Michael, Mary, Richard, Donna, Linda

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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