Turnbull Family History
Turnbull Name Meaning
Northern English (chiefly Northumbrian) and Scottish: variant,
altered by folk etymology, of Trumble, on theory that it
denoted a nickname for a man thought to be strong and brave enough to
turn back a charging bull, from Middle English turn(en) ‘to
turn’ + bul(l)e ‘bull’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Turnbull Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Turnbull families
 1,319 - 2,636  440 - 1,318 |
 1 - 439  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Turnbull families
|
583 - 1,164 195 - 582 |
1 - 194 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Turnbull Family Origin
Turnbull Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Turnbull Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Turnbull Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Turnbull
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