Thatcher Surname

25,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,411 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Thatcher Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the thatcher.' For other variants, v. Thacker, Thackster, and Thaxter.

Reginald le Thechare, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Reginald le Theccher. Calendarium Genealogicum.

John le Thacher, c.

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Thatcher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,0341:27,8093,475
England4,2931:12,9791,911
Australia2,1821:12,3721,803
Canada7931:46,4645,701
South Africa2971:182,41719,977
New Zealand1991:22,7553,990
Wales1971:15,7081,698
Scotland701:76,4835,732
Thailand651:1,086,744162,071
Trinidad and Tobago281:48,7134,303
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Guernsey221:2,929767
France131:5,109,440259,941
Bermuda121:5,440820
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Israel111:777,96750,646
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Ireland71:672,70615,999
China71:195,331,65210,124
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
India61:127,844,230863,365
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Malta11:430,2723,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,6741:9,1161,364
Wales751:20,9121,213
Jersey131:3,991684
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,3481:15,0001,921

Thatcher (669) may also be a first name.

Thatcher Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the thatcher.' For other variants, v. Thacker, Thackster, and Thaxter.

Reginald le Thechare, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Reginald le Theccher. Calendarium Genealogicum.

John le Thacher, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

1591-2. Robert Thatcher, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1393-4. William Thatcher, Sussex: ibid.

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

The palatal form of Thacker, q.v.

When thatchers thinke, their wages worth their worke.—G. Gascoigne, Steele Glas (A.D. 1576).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who covered roofs with straw, rushes, reeds or the like.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The occupation. See under Thacker. In the Hundred Rolls, Le Thechare, Thaechere; also the Norman French forms, Le Coverur, Le Covurtur, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Thatcher Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thatcher is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Thatcher.

How Common Is The Last Name Thatcher? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 25,195th most prevalent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 340,365 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Thatcher reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 320,785th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 669 people.

The last name Thatcher is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 13,034 people, or 1 in 27,809. In The United States it is most numerous in: Ohio, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 6 percent are found and Utah, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 59 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Thatcher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thatcher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thatcher last name rose 389 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 161 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 263 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 175 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Thatcher Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Thatcher last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.5% registered with the party.

The amount Thatcher earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.17% more than the national average, earning R 333,096 per year; in United States they earn 2.62% more than the national average, earning $44,279 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.09% more than the national average, earning $55,691 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thathcher945/
Thatcherr941/
Thacher931,091/
Tatcher9364/
Thatcer931/
Thathtcher891/
Tatscher8848/
Thathcer886/
Thetcher885/
Thaycher882/
Teatcher881/
Thatzher881/
Thatsher881/
Theacher880/
Thadcher880/
Tacher86948/
Thacer861/
Thatcherová841/
Tautscher82313/
Teacher808,510/
Taucher802,074/
Taicher80166/
Tachere8072/
Taycher8069/
Tajcher8052/
Thocher8031/
Tetcher802/
Thachir801/
Tacer77823/
Teitcher7525/
Töttcher758/
Toutcher752/
Totscher751/
Tottcher751/
Tteacher751/
Taușcher751/
Teutcher751/
Teachger750/
Teaucher750/
Toetcher750/
Tocher711,425/
Tatzer71308/
Teutscher71145/
Taucer71136/
Tachir71135/
Toettcher7157/
Tatjer7149/
Taicer7120/
Tatger715/
Tacier715/
Taycer714/
Tazher712/
Teacer711/
Tatxer711/
Tatser711/
Thazer710/
Tascer710/
Teicher671,690/
Tascier67173/
Tatsere67117/
Toucher6799/
Tadzher6756/
Tachoir6754/
Thazeer679/
Tachire676/
Tayceer675/
Tocherr673/
Toycher673/
Toicher672/
Toocher672/
Thaizer671/
Tachhir671/
Tazheer671/
Tazherh671/
Tautger670/

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