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Thornton

in Virginia

There are 2,269 people with the last name "Thornton" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

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Thornton 298
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  1. is 294th most common Ramirez
  2. is 295th most common Newton
  3. is 296th most common Hines
  4. is 297th most common Tate
  5. is 298th most common Thornton
  6. is 299th most common Day
  7. is 300th most common Diaz
  8. is 301st most common Horton
  9. is 302nd most common Hoffman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Thornton

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