Turnage
A surname likely born from an old nickname, place name, or altered form of an older English surname beginning with Turn-.
The #5,911 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 52,949 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Turnage appears to be an English-language surname, but its exact origin is not secure. In many cases, surnames of this shape arise either from a place-name element related to a bend or turning, from a nickname built on "turn," or from later spelling changes to an older surname. The ending -age may reflect an old French or English suffixal spelling, but by itself it does not point to one fixed meaning.
History
The surname is most often found in the United States today, especially in the South, which suggests a family history shaped by early American migration and later local spelling stabilization. Because the name is relatively uncommon and not strongly attested in the standard surname dictionaries, it may represent a regional or altered form rather than a long-established major English surname. As with many rare surnames, several different family lines may not share a single original source.
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Fun fact
Rare surnames like Turnage are often hardest to trace because small spelling shifts could create a new family name within just a few generations.