Last Name TURNER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The turner, one who worked with a lathe. In a day that knew little or ornamental fictile vessels th turner would be busy enough, and the only wonder is that it is not, as a surname, as popular as Smith.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Polish, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Maltese, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian, Tanzanian, Kenyan

Rank	49 (2000 US census)	44 (1990 US census)

Count	335,663 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

66.67%, or 223787 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
29.31%, or 98383 total occurrences, as black,
0.33%, or 1108 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.56%, or 1880 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.72%, or 5773 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.4%, or 4699 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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