Turton Surname

42,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Turton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Turton,' a township in the parish of Bolton, Lancashire. The surname has crossed the borders into Yorkshire and ramified strongly there.

1523. Sir Henry Turton, priest, fellow of Christ's College, Manchester: Wills at Chester.

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Turton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,6411:8,3901,225
United States1,4401:251,70823,913
Australia1,2911:20,9112,902
Canada6981:52,7876,327
South Africa4251:127,47714,982
Guatemala3381:47,5822,218
New Zealand3351:13,5172,344
Nigeria1851:957,52840,908
Barbados1391:2,068381
Wales1151:26,9092,781
Scotland1121:47,8024,201
Belize741:4,804852
Trinidad and Tobago391:34,9743,476
Northern Ireland331:55,9104,502
France291:2,290,439180,028
Jamaica281:102,4984,206
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Isle of Man171:5,0481,065
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Peru131:2,444,93327,186
Guyana131:58,6324,970
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Norfolk Island61:38264
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
El Salvador31:2,114,6295,401
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Montserrat21:2,474299
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,3601:7,2551,130
Wales91:174,2686,522
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1821:275,92722,362

The alternate forms: Turtoń (288) are calculated separately.

Turton (28) may also be a first name.

Turton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Turton,' a township in the parish of Bolton, Lancashire. The surname has crossed the borders into Yorkshire and ramified strongly there.

1523. Sir Henry Turton, priest, fellow of Christ's College, Manchester: Wills at Chester.

1563. Married — Rodger Turton and Elizabeth Shrigleye: Prestbury Church (Cheshire).

1601-2. Constantine Turton, Hampshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Turton (Lancs), 13th- 14th cent. Turton = the Tower-Dwelling [Middle English tur, Late Old English tur (Latin turris), a tower + Middle English -ton, Old English tún, residence, estate] Turton Tower is one of the most interesting structures in the neighbourhood of Bolton.—Lanc. Legends, p. 59.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Turton, in the hundred of Shelfold, in Lancashire, probably so called from Saxon, Tut 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.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Turtons take their name from a town in the south - east part of Lancashire.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Turton Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Turton Come From? nationality or country of origin

Turton is most common in England. It may appear as: Turtoń. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turton? popularity and diffusion

Turton is the 42,817th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 599,453 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Turton reside; 57 percent reside in Northern Europe and 57 percent reside in British Isles. Turton is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 28 people.

The surname Turton is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 6,641 people, or 1 in 8,390. In England Turton is most frequent in: South Yorkshire, where 13 percent live, Nottinghamshire, where 8 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 8 percent live. Beside England this surname occurs in 61 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Turton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Turton has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 791 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,278 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,867 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Turton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Turton surname are 13.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.63% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Turton earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 66.3% more than the national average, earning S/. 32,238 per year; in South Africa they earn 96.06% more than the national average, earning R 465,924 per year; in United States they earn 13.91% more than the national average, earning $49,152 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.41% more than the national average, earning $53,862 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turtoń94288/
Thurton92219/
Tourton9236/
Turtoin921/
Turtone921/
Tourtong869/
Thourton863/
Thurrton860/
Torton83130/
Turtan8363/
Tirton8358/
Turtun8336/
Tourthong802/
Thurthong801/
Torthon7710/
Turtank779/
Torhton775/
Tortoon771/
Tourtun771/
Thirton771/
Tourthom711/
Turtanova67117/
Tortan6799/
Tirtan6752/
Turtum6729/
Turtunova673/
Tourtanova631/
Tirthan622/
Tirtaan621/
Tirttan621/
Thurtham571/
Thorthan571/
Tortun5028/

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