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 | 24 |
Buckinghamshire | 20 |
Berkshire | 53 |
Cambridgeshire | 27 |
Channel Islands | 13 |
Cheshire | 348 |
Cornwall | 13 |
Cumberland | 17 |
Derbyshire | 85 |
Devon | 131 |
Dorset | 21 |
Durham | 1,126 |
Essex | 378 |
Gloucestershire | 102 |
Hampshire | 236 |
Herefordshire | 29 |
Hertfordshire | 52 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 32 |
Isle of Man | 15 |
Kent | 250 |
Lancashire | 2,973 |
Leicestershire | 501 |
Lincolnshire | 290 |
London | 1,514 |
Middlesex | 362 |
Northumberland | 426 |
Norfolk | 57 |
Northamptonshire | 137 |
Nottinghamshire | 239 |
Oxfordshire | 224 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 32 |
Shropshire | 77 |
Suffolk | 18 |
Somerset | 32 |
Surrey | 313 |
Sussex | 225 |
Staffordshire | 393 |
Warwickshire | 551 |
Westmorland | 43 |
Wiltshire | 72 |
Worcestershire | 152 |
Yorkshire | 5,394 |
Anglesey | 1 |
Brecknockshire | 20 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 2 |
Carmarthenshire | 2 |
Denbighshire | 10 |
Flintshire | 27 |
Glamorgan | 92 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 7 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 1 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 1,579 |
Cotton Weaver | 174 |
Private Means | 135 |
Farm Labourer | 105 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 98 |
Weaver | 92 |
Labourer | 84 |
General Labourer | 82 |
Dressmaker | 73 |
General Servant (domestic) | 72 |
None | 67 |
Clerk | 66 |
Housekeeper | 60 |
At Home | 53 |
Domestic Servant | 49 |
Farmer | 49 |
House Keeper | 45 |
Joiner | 44 |
Shop Assistant | 43 |
Bricklayer | 42 |
House Painter | 40 |
At School | 36 |
Weaver Cotton | 35 |
Assisting In Business | 33 |
Scholar | 33 |
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 |