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    The surname Turnbow

    A German surname, carried by 2,955 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T651

    Turnbow: #10,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Turnbow #10,792, 2,955 people Turnbow: #10,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Turnbow #10,792, 2,955 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Turnbow is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanized spelling of German Dürnbach.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,955 people named Turnbow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,482 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,847.

    #10,792
    rank among US surnames
    2,955
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #10,369)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,787Sergent2,957104,412
    #10,790Beesley2,956104,447
    #10,792Turnbow2,955104,482
    #10,795Rothschild2,954104,518
    #10,797Coffelt2,953104,553
    #10,800Kesterson2,952104,589

    Who is named Turnbow

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    85% of people named Turnbow identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Turnbo

    Surnames that sound like Turnbow

    Turnbow has the Soundex code T651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T651.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Turnbow come from?
    Americanized spelling of German Dürnbach.
    How common is the surname Turnbow?
    2,955 people in the United States had the surname Turnbow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,482 Americans. It ranked 10,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Turnbow?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Turnbow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Turnbow getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,955 in 2010, up 3.8%.
    What are other spellings of Turnbow?
    Turnbo.