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THORNTON

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There are approximately 25,168 people named Thornton in the UK. That makes it the 389th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 398 are named Thornton.

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 Thornton surname in historical dictionaries

THORNTON. Parishes and places in cos. Bucks, Durham, Lancaster, Leicester, 1-iucoln, York, Chester, and Northumberland. Yorkshire abounds with jjlaces so called. Thorne appears to have been an old Anglo-Saxon personal name ; and hence Thornton may mean the homestead of Thorne.

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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