Thackray Surname

131,858th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,426 people bear this surname

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

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.

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Thackray Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,2711:24,5353,388
Australia4531:59,5937,229
United States2661:1,362,62894,589
Canada1561:236,19022,564
New Zealand611:74,23510,965
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Scotland321:167,3079,494
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
Wales261:119,0209,008
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
India71:109,580,769786,157
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France31:22,140,907385,998
China21:683,660,78330,601
Malta11:430,2723,380
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2861:18,9542,724
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

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.

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

Thackray Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thackray (Marathi: ठाकरे) is found most frequently in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thackray? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 131,858th most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,127,130 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Thackray live; 69 percent live in Northern Europe and 69 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most widely held in England, where it is held by 2,271 people, or 1 in 24,535. In England it is most frequent in: West Yorkshire, where 34 percent live, Greater London, where 8 percent live and North Yorkshire, where 7 percent live. Outside of England it is found in 34 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Thackray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thackray has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Thackray surname grew 177 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 649 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thackray Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Thackray last name are 19.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.85% 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

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Thackray Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thackray in the Marathi language
ठाकरेthakare-

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