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Thornton

in West Virginia

There are 499 people with the last name "Thornton" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

NameRank
Thornton 534
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  1. is 530th most common Beckett
  2. is 531st most common Wilkinson
  3. is 532nd most common Fuller
  4. is 533rd most common Gore
  5. is 534th most common Thornton
  6. is 535th most common Yeager
  7. is 536th most common Griffin
  8. is 537th most common Elswick
  9. is 538th most common Linville

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Thornton

James, William, Charles, Mary, Brenda, Larry, John, Betty, Chad, David

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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James Thornton, WV (9 searches)
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