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TURNER

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There are approximately 156,470 people named Turner in the UK. That makes it the 31th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 2,476 are named Turner.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

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The Turner surname in historical dictionaries

TURNER. Fr. founiicr, a baker or luruace man. Fournier, Dufour, &c., are common Fr. surnames. TURNER. The occupation. One of the most common of surnames — " out of all proportion," Mr. Ferguson alleges, " to the number of persons engaged in the trade " of the lathe. " We find it in fact," he continues, " as a name before the Conquest — a grant to tlie monastery of Croylaud. in 1051, being signed, among others, by a Turnerns Capellanus. The Icelandic has turnera, turnameutum agere ; turnarl, a tilter — which may probably shew the origin of the name. As, however, the Turner in question was a bishoj's chaplain, his " tilting " must have been only theological. But the name may probably have been baptismal, and perhaps of Norman introduction." p. 336. Le Turnur, Le Turner. H.R. See Turnour below.

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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