Thornton

in the US

There are 63,955 people with the last name "Thornton" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Thornton 350
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  1. is 346th most common Mccarthy
  2. is 347th most common Bowen
  3. is 348th most common Higgins
  4. is 349th most common Sharp
  5. is 350th most common Thornton
  6. is 351st most common Daniel
  7. is 352nd most common Chandler
  8. is 353rd most common Swanson
  9. is 354th most common Paul

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Thornton

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



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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