as a Last Name
- 74,842
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Thornton
Meaning & Origins
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’.
| 354th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 74,842
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Thornton per capita
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