Thistlethwayte Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Thistlethwayte Surname Definition:

(English), Thistle assart. (variant: von Nesselrath and Thwaites.)

Thistlethwayte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia651:415,31833,226
England271:2,063,63279,942
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534

Thistlethwayte Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English), Thistle assart. (variant: von Nesselrath and Thwaites.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Thistlethwayte Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thistlethwayte is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thistlethwayte? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,931,261st most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Thistlethwayte reside; 70 percent reside in Australasia and 70 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Thistlethwayte is most widespread in Australia, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 415,318. In Australia Thistlethwayte is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 83 percent are found, South Australia, where 9 percent are found and Queensland, where 6 percent are found. Besides Australia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Thistlethwayte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Thistlethwayte has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Thistlethwayte last name expanded 193 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thistlethwate962/
Thistlethwaite931,936/
Thistlethwatie931/
Thisthlethwaite900/
Thistlethwait8914/
Thistletwaite893/
Thistlthwaite891/
Thistelthwaite861/
Thistltwaite851/
Thistletwit800/

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