Thimbleby Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Thimbleby Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Thimbleby,' a parish in Lincolnshire, near Horncastle; also a township in the parish of Osmotherley, North Riding of Yorkshire.

Alice de Thumbleby, Lincolnshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Thimbleby 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
England651:857,20145,134
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England811:300,93020,318

Thimbleby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Thimbleby,' a parish in Lincolnshire, near Horncastle; also a township in the parish of Osmotherley, North Riding of Yorkshire.

Alice de Thumbleby, Lincolnshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

1586. George Thymblebie, Lincolnshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

(Scandinavian) belonging to Thimbleby (Linc.: 13th cent. Thumbleby, Yorks: Domesday Timbelbi)-ThÖmbel’s Estate [the pers. name is a nickname from Old Norse þömb, paunch (we find pambar-skelfir, paunch-shaker, as a nickname): + Old Norse bý-r, farmstead, estate, etc.]

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

A parish in Lincolnshire, and a township in Yorkshire.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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Thimbleby Demographics

Thimbleby Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 1 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Thimbleby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thimbleby is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thimbleby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,047,559th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Thimbleby live; 81 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most numerous in England, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 857,201. In England Thimbleby is primarily found in: Hampshire, where 17 percent are found, Dorset, where 12 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 12 percent are found. Excluding England Thimbleby occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 17 percent are found and Wales, where 4 percent are found.

Thimbleby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Thimbleby has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Thimbleby surname decreased 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thimbleby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Thimbleby surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thumbleby890/
Thimblebee841/
Thimblibee740/
Tymblevych631/

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