Turton
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English
Etymology
Habitational surname from a historical area in Lancashire, from Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Turton (countable and uncountable, plural Turtons)
- A surname.
- A town in Spink County, South Dakota, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Turton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.