Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
TURTON
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
Related and similar surnames
ThortonTaurton
Tarton
Terton
Tareton
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Terrton
Tairton
Tartton
Tauton
Tertown
Terten
Tarten
Teirten
Tartten
Taughton
Tayerton
Tauten
Tawton
Teraton
Tarauton
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.
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.