Turton
English
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Etymology
[edit]Habitational surname from a historical area in Lancashire, from Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
[edit]Turton (countable and uncountable, plural Turtons)
- A surname.
- A town in Spink County, South Dakota, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Turton is the 24787th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1005 individuals. Turton is most common among White (81.19%) and Black/African American (13.53%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Turton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Towns in South Dakota, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in South Dakota, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames from Old Norse
- English surnames from Old English