Thackray Surname
Approximately 3,426 people bear this surname
Thackray 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.
Read More About This SurnameThackray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,271 | 1:24,535 | 3,388 |
| Australia | 453 | 1:59,593 | 7,229 |
| United States | 266 | 1:1,362,628 | 94,589 |
| Canada | 156 | 1:236,190 | 22,564 |
| New Zealand | 61 | 1:74,235 | 10,965 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Scotland | 32 | 1:167,307 | 9,494 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| Wales | 26 | 1:119,020 | 9,008 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Isle of Man | 8 | 1:10,728 | 2,153 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,286 | 1:18,954 | 2,724 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
Thackray 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.
(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.
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").
Thackray Demographics
Thackray Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Thackray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thackray Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thackray (Marathi: ठाकरे) occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thackray? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 131,858th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,127,130 people. The last name Thackray is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Thackray are found; 69 percent are found in Northern Europe and 69 percent are found in British Isles.
Thackray is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 2,271 people, or 1 in 24,535. In England Thackray is mostly found in: West Yorkshire, where 34 percent reside, Greater London, where 8 percent reside and North Yorkshire, where 7 percent reside. Not including England this last name occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.
Thackray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Thackray has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Thackray surname expanded 177 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 649 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Thackray Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Thackray surname are 19.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.85% being registered with the political party.
The amount Thackray earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 103.75% more than the national average, earning R 484,188 per year; in United States they earn 17.44% more than the national average, earning $50,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.67% more than the national average, earning $59,457 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thackray Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thackray in the Marathi language | ||
| ठाकरे | thakare | - |
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