What is "turnage"

Turnage is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Allen H. Turnage (1891–1971), United States Marine Corps General
• Frederick E. Turnage, North Carolina city councillor and former mayor of Rocky Mount
• Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960), English composer of classical music
• Thomas K. Turnage (1923–2000), Major General and head of the Veterans Administration, husband of Poni Adams
• Wallace Turnage (1846–1916), escaped slave leaving behind a narrative that was published in the 2000s