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There are approximately 6,572 people named Turton in the UK. That makes it the 1,611th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 104 are named Turton.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Turton surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

From Turton, in the hundred of Shelfold, in Lancashire, probably so called from Saxon, Tur or Tor, a tower, or Thur, or Thor, one of the Saxon deities., and ton--either a town having a tower, or sacred to Thor.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

TURTON. 1. A chapelry in co. Lancaster. 2. At Chesterfield, after many generations of Treeton, or Treton, (from Treeton, a parish between that town and Sheffield) the name turns up in the parish register as Turton.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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