Popularity of the last name by country
Sweden
- Stockholm (50)
- Ödeshög (18)
- Göteborg (11)
- Mellerud (9)
- Örebro (8)
- Ale (7)
- Karlskrona (7)
- Kristianstad (7)
- Kil (7)
- Mora (5)
- Söderköping (5)
- Uppsala (5)
- Säffle (5)
- Sala (5)
- Jönköping (4)
- Borås (3)
- Lund (3)
- Eskilstuna (3)
- Bengtsfors (2)
- Hudiksvall (2)
- Uddevalla (2)
- Halmstad (2)
- Ljungby (2)
- Malmö (2)
- Boden (2)
- Pajala (2)
- Linköping (2)
- Filipstad (2)
- Karlstad (2)
- Storfors (2)
- Bollebygd (1)
- Orsa (1)
- Rättvik (1)
- Sandviken (1)
- Mölndal (1)
- Vetlanda (1)
- Värnamo (1)
- Kalmar (1)
- Västervik (1)
- Östra Göinge (1)
- Höör (1)
- Gällivare (1)
- Nora (1)
- Kinda (1)
- Skara (1)
- Eda (1)
- Västerås (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (936,825)
- United States (373,338)
- Australia (36,336)
- New Zealand (19,263)
- Ireland (16,615)
- Canada (13,519)
- France (10,431)
- Unknown country (6,173)
- Austria (5,481)
- Germany (3,653)
- Hungary (2,669)
- Netherlands (1,734)
- Switzerland (1,413)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (1,318)
- Belgium (1,139)
- Italy (865)
- India (749)
- Mexico (666)
- Poland (613)
- Colombia (409)
- Spain (406)
- Sweden (333)
- Romania (271)
- China (264)
- Peru (254)
- Russian Federation (253)
- Jamaica (251)
- South Africa (227)
- Argentina (203)
- Czech republic (198)
- Brazil (179)
- Turkey (170)
- Egypt (147)
- Denmark (145)
- Greece (134)
- Algeria (123)
- Indonesia (120)
- Norway (110)
- Cuba (106)
- Lebanon (104)
Origine of last name
TURNER : 1: English: occupational name from Middle English t(o)urnour turner ‘turner’ (Old French to(u)rn(e)our) mainly denoting someone who fashioned small objects of wood metal or bone on a lathe but also a variety of other occupations including turnspit and translator or interpreter. This surname may have become confused with <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Toner">Toner</a>. In North America it is also very common among African Americans.2: English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English turn-hare a compound of Middle English tournen ‘to turn direct steer’ + hare ‘hare’ a name for someone in charge of the greyhounds in hare coursing or an exaggerated compliment for someone who could run fast. See also <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Turnbull">Turnbull</a>.3: English: perhaps also from Middle English t(o)urn(e)our ‘jouster one who takes part in a tournament’ (Old French tornoieor tournoieur).4: South German (rarely Türner): occupational name for a guard in a tower or a topographic name from an agent derivative of Middle High German turn ‘tower’. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Thurner">Thurner</a>.5: South German (rarely Türner): habitational name for someone from any of various places called Thurn for example in Austria. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Thurner">Thurner</a>.6: Slovenian and Croatian: regional occupational or topographic name from tur(e)n a loanword from German (see 4 above).7: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place called Turno or Turna in Poland and Belarus or from the city of Tarnów (Yiddish Turne) in Poland.8: Americanized form (translation into English) of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames or names with similar meaning.
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