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Turner

in the US

There are 248,332 people with the last name "Turner" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Turner 47
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  1. is 43rd most common Mitchell
  2. is 44th most common Carter
  3. is 45th most common Phillips
  4. is 46th most common Evans
  5. is 47th most common Turner
  6. is 48th most common Sanchez
  7. is 49th most common Parker
  8. is 50th most common Collins
  9. is 51st most common Edwards

Most Common First Names for Turner

James, Robert, John, William, Michael, David, Charles, Richard, Mary, 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 the US

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