Thornton Name Meaning: An English name for a dwelling surrounded by a thorn hedge/bush.
A name given to someone who lived in a thorn hedge/bush settlement or who was named after a place named 'Thornton'.
Discover how your Thornton ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 25 |
Buckinghamshire | 35 |
Berkshire | 29 |
Cambridgeshire | 17 |
Channel Islands | 4 |
Cheshire | 140 |
Cornwall | 20 |
Cumberland | 34 |
Derbyshire | 60 |
Devon | 123 |
Dorset | 12 |
Durham | 505 |
Essex | 111 |
Gloucestershire | 99 |
Hampshire | 93 |
Herefordshire | 11 |
Hertfordshire | 39 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 38 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 166 |
Lancashire | 1,697 |
Leicestershire | 266 |
Lincolnshire | 149 |
London | 1,009 |
Middlesex | 70 |
Northumberland | 298 |
Norfolk | 60 |
Northamptonshire | 59 |
Nottinghamshire | 173 |
Oxfordshire | 172 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 38 |
Shropshire | 53 |
Suffolk | 36 |
Somerset | 7 |
Surrey | 135 |
Sussex | 91 |
Staffordshire | 173 |
Warwickshire | 315 |
Westmorland | 43 |
Wiltshire | 46 |
Worcestershire | 65 |
Yorkshire | 4,123 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 9 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 3 |
Flintshire | 23 |
Glamorgan | 30 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 10 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 12 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,828 |
Agricultural Labourer | 168 |
Labourer | 166 |
Coal Miner | 124 |
Cotton Weaver | 118 |
Domestic Servant | 97 |
House Keeper | 88 |
Worsted Weaver | 83 |
Dress Maker | 70 |
Woollen Weaver | 66 |
General Servant | 64 |
Annuitant | 47 |
Tailor | 46 |
Worsted Spinner | 45 |
Joiner | 44 |
Stone Mason | 43 |
Servant | 36 |
Cotton Spinner | 36 |
Farm Labourer | 34 |
Farm Servant | 33 |
Laundress | 33 |
Shoe Maker | 32 |
Carpenter | 29 |
Grocer | 29 |
Blacksmith | 26 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Thornton | 6,825 |
John Thornton | 5,921 |
William Thornton | 5,451 |
Elizabeth Thornton | 3,844 |
Thomas Thornton | 3,592 |
Sarah Thornton | 3,554 |
James Thornton | 2,908 |
George Thornton | 2,475 |
Ann Thornton | 2,244 |
Joseph Thornton | 2,087 |
Jane Thornton | 1,718 |
Charles Thornton | 1,551 |
Henry Thornton | 1,551 |
Annie Thornton | 1,523 |
Hannah Thornton | 1,479 |
Robert Thornton | 1,371 |
Alice Thornton | 1,327 |
Margaret Thornton | 1,227 |
Ellen Thornton | 1,192 |
Richard Thornton | 1,178 |
Emma Thornton | 1,160 |
Martha Thornton | 1,138 |
Eliza Thornton | 1,038 |
Edward Thornton | 921 |
Samuel Thornton | 799 |