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 | 21 |
Buckinghamshire | 26 |
Berkshire | 31 |
Cambridgeshire | 19 |
Channel Islands | 5 |
Cheshire | 202 |
Cornwall | 18 |
Cumberland | 37 |
Derbyshire | 67 |
Devon | 117 |
Dorset | 10 |
Durham | 802 |
Essex | 207 |
Gloucestershire | 91 |
Hampshire | 110 |
Herefordshire | 24 |
Hertfordshire | 62 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 27 |
Isle of Man | 2 |
Kent | 158 |
Lancashire | 2,294 |
Leicestershire | 360 |
Lincolnshire | 147 |
London | 1,263 |
Middlesex | 125 |
Northumberland | 336 |
Norfolk | 68 |
Northamptonshire | 115 |
Nottinghamshire | 206 |
Oxfordshire | 205 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 27 |
Shropshire | 84 |
Suffolk | 19 |
Somerset | 10 |
Surrey | 186 |
Sussex | 185 |
Staffordshire | 265 |
Warwickshire | 398 |
Westmorland | 52 |
Wiltshire | 41 |
Worcestershire | 121 |
Yorkshire | 5,000 |
Anglesey | 6 |
Brecknockshire | 17 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 4 |
Carmarthenshire | 1 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 11 |
Glamorgan | 43 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 14 |
Pembrokeshire | 1 |
Radnorshire | 9 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 2,690 |
Coal Miner | 182 |
Cotton Weaver | 168 |
Agricultural Labourer | 158 |
Dress Maker | 117 |
General Labourer | 101 |
Worsted Weaver | 100 |
Domestic Servant | 99 |
Labourer | 87 |
Woollen Weaver | 70 |
House Keeper | 64 |
Worsted Spinner | 61 |
Tailor | 59 |
General Servant | 57 |
Stone Mason | 52 |
Laundress | 51 |
Annuitant | 48 |
General Servant Domestic | 39 |
Grocer | 38 |
Farm Labourer | 37 |
Joiner | 37 |
No Occupation | 36 |
Carpenter | 35 |
Milliner | 32 |
Farm Servant Indoor | 31 |
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 |