Turness Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 2
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 4
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Turness Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Turness family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Journeyman 1
None 1
Coal Miner 1
Servant 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Soldier 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Turness

Name Census Frequency
John Turness 41
Sarah Turness 33
Mary Turness 27
Elizabeth Turness 26
William Turness 26
Robert Turness 17
Thomas Turness 17
James Turness 15
Joseph Turness 15
Ann Turness 12
George Turness 12
Annie Turness 11
Edward Turness 11
Hannah Turness 11
Jane Turness 11
Charles Turness 9
Alice Turness 8
Eliza Turness 8
Ellen Turness 8
Florence Turness 8
Margaret Turness 7
Martha Turness 7
Clara Turness 6
Henry Turness 6
Samuel Turness 6

Turness Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Turnes 86% 815
2 Turness 100% 561
3 Turns 71% 401

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The surname Turness is the 2nd most popular variant of Turnes.

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