Turner
333,512 people in the United States were counted with the surname Turner in the 2020 census, making it the 57th most common in the country. That is about one person in 896.
By the numbers
- People
- 333,512
- Rank
- 57th
- How common
- 1 in 896
- Per 100,000
- 111.6
Where the name comes from
Origin an occupational name
From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Turner described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Turner
- Tina Turner (1939–2023)American-born Swiss singer and songwriter
- J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851)English painter and draftsman (c.1775–1851)
- Sophie Turner (born 1996)British actress
- Ted Turner (1938–2026)American media mogul
- Kathleen Turner (born 1954)American actress
- Lana Turner (1921–1995)American actress
- Alex Turner (born 1986)British musician
- Ike Turner (1931–2007)American musician
People named Turner with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Turner
Also a first name
Turner has been given to 10,386 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2019. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.