Thicknesse Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Thicknesse Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Thickness,' some headland on the English coast that I have not been able to identify; compare Holderness, Furness, &c. The suffix is -ness, a nose of land. Mr. Lower cruelly writes, 'Thicknesse, nese or nesse, is Old English for nose, from Anglo-Saxon nese, and this surname therefore probably refers to the thick nose of the original bearer' (Patronymica Britannica).

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Thicknesse Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:2,932,529101,561
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Thicknesse Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Thickness,' some headland on the English coast that I have not been able to identify; compare Holderness, Furness, &c. The suffix is -ness, a nose of land. Mr. Lower cruelly writes, 'Thicknesse, nese or nesse, is Old English for nose, from Anglo-Saxon nese, and this surname therefore probably refers to the thick nose of the original bearer' (Patronymica Britannica).

William Thyknes, Close Rolls, 14 Richard II.

1643. Buried — Mary Thikneys: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1675. Ralph Thicknes, of Maldon, Essex, and Mary Pulley: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

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

(English) Dweller at a Thicket [Old English picnes, thickness, thicket]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Nese, or nesse, is Old English for nose, from Anglo-Saxon nese; and this name therefore probably refers to the thick nose of the original bearer.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From some local name compounded of ness, a cape or headland; from Anglo-Saxon nœsse, nésse, ness. compare the local names Sheerness, Dungeness, Eastonness. It sometimes means an island, as in Foulness, Essex.

— Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the French, Xhignesse; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber
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Thicknesse Last Name Facts

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

Thicknesse is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thicknesse? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Thicknesse reside; 79 percent reside in Northern Europe and 79 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most widespread in England, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 2,932,529. In England Thicknesse is primarily found in: Greater London, where 42 percent live, Cornwall, where 37 percent live and Berkshire, where 5 percent live. Not including England Thicknesse exists in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 21 percent live.

Thicknesse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Thicknesse has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Thicknesse last name expanded 317 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Thickness956/
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