Thaxton Surname

80,484th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,051 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Thaxton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thaxton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,9331:61,0927,163
England901:619,09036,665
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England781:312,50520,777
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9921:50,6245,738

Thaxton (125) may also be a first name.

Thaxton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thaxton occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thaxton? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 80,484th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,204,354 people. The last name Thaxton is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Thaxton live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 832,731st most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 125 people.

The surname Thaxton is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 5,933 people, or 1 in 61,092. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: West Virginia, where 8 percent live, North Carolina, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Thaxton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Thaxton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thaxton last name grew 598 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 115 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thaxton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thaxton last name are 14.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.29% registered with the party.

Thaxton earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.56% less than the national average, earning $39,456 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Thaxton
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