Turton Family History
Turton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Turnton, a place in Lancashire
named from the Old Norse personal name þórr (see
Thor) + Old English tun ‘enclosure’,
‘settlement’. The surname is now as common in the Midlands as it is in
Lancashire and Yorkshire.
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Name Distribution of Turton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Turton families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Turton families
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638 - 1,274 213 - 637 |
1 - 212 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Turton families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Turton Family Origin
Turton Immigration Information
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Turton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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