Thackrah Surname

659,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 456 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Thackrah Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the thack-wray,' i.e. the corner or place set apart for storing thack, or thatch; v. Wray.

Not Thackery for Thacker, as Vicary for Vicar. Wray is found in many compounds in Yorkshire place-words.

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Thackrah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2421:230,24019,179
United States1331:2,725,255163,031
Australia461:586,86342,409
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Isle of Man91:9,5362,057
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2611:93,3929,611
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Thackrah Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the thack-wray,' i.e. the corner or place set apart for storing thack, or thatch; v. Wray.

Not Thackery for Thacker, as Vicary for Vicar. Wray is found in many compounds in Yorkshire place-words.

William de la Thekere, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Johannes de Thakwra, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertas de Thakwra, 1379:

Thomas Thackwray, Yorkshire: Deposition from York Castle (Surtees Society).

1748. Married — Joseph Thackeray and Martha Houldroide: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1806. — William Thackray and Hannah Blake: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Scandinavian) Dweller at the Thack or Thatch Corner (store - place) [Old Norse þah, thatch + urá (Dano-Norwegian vraa), a corner] Johannes de Thakwra.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Thackray, or Thackwray, or Thackery, is a name that has its present home in the West Riding. Lower says that these names are forms of Thacker or Thatcher, just as Vicary is a form of Vicar. Thomas Thackeray was mayor of Hull in 1604 and 1624 (Tickell's "Hull").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Thackrah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Thackrah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Thackrah occurs most in England. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thackrah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 659,458th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,981,460 people. The surname Thackrah occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Thackrah are found; 56 percent are found in Northern Europe and 56 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 242 people, or 1 in 230,240. In England it is mostly concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 40 percent are found, North Yorkshire, where 14 percent are found and Essex, where 6 percent are found. Barring England Thackrah exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Thackrah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thackrah has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Thackrah surname declined 7 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 782 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thackrah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Thackrah surname are 23.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.37% being registered with the political party.

The amount Thackrah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 513.69% more than the national average, earning R 1,458,350 per year and in United States they earn 5.04% more than the national average, earning $45,325 USD per year.

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