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Turner

in West Virginia

There are 2,027 people with the last name "Turner" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Turner 77
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  1. is 73rd most common Rose
  2. is 74th most common Mitchell
  3. is 75th most common Casto
  4. is 76th most common Harper
  5. is 77th most common Turner
  6. is 78th most common Webb
  7. is 79th most common Ball
  8. is 80th most common Wood
  9. is 81st most common Barker

Most Common First Names for Turner

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

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 West Virginia

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William Turner, WV (9 searches)
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