Last Name THORNTON

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Meaning Local: Of Thornton, near Bradford, county York; also parishes in dioceses Lincoln, Oxford, Chester, Peterborough, Canterbury, etc. There are three Thornstons in Yorkshire county alone: Thornton above mentioned, Thornton-in-Craven, and Thornton-in-Lonsdale.
Origin English, Jewish, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank 347 (2000 US census) 354 (1990 US census)
Count 81,191 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 69.33%, or 56290 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 26.53%, or 21540 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.37%, or 300 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.66%, or 536 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.8%, or 1461 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.31%, or 1064 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

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Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

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